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Thawte "SuperCerts"
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Marcus Leech)
Wed Dec 1 14:35:14 1999
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Date: Wed, 01 Dec 1999 10:54:18 -0500
From: "Marcus Leech" <mleech@nortelnetworks.com>
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The Thawte folks are busily promoting their "SuperCerts" which enable
128-bit
symmetric modes in "International" versions of the various browsers.
I guess I've been out of touch--is there an extension in web certs that
enables
better than 40-bit symmetric SSL modes? My assumption has always been
that
a 40-bit (or 56-bit) browser was "nailed" to that particular key size,
or
lower.
