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R3 Announces SSL HTTP Solution
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (John Anonymous MacDonald, a remail)
Fri Dec 13 19:25:02 1996
Date: Fri, 13 Dec 1996 13:18:15 -0800
To: www-security@ns2.rutgers.edu
From: nobody@cypherpunks.ca (John Anonymous MacDonald, a remailer node)
Errors-To: owner-www-security@ns2.rutgers.edu
here's another "give away the client and pray" business plan... if
anyone has further gossip on where they're taking this, please share!
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R3 ANNOUNCES SSL HTTP SOLUTION PROVIDING STRONG CRYPTOGRAPHY
Aathal, Switzerland, December 12, 1996 - r3 security engineering ag
announces "r3 SSL HTTP Client" which provides strong cryptography
to any browser which supports HTTP proxies. The product available
on Win95/NT and Win3.1 is in final Beta state and will be available
on these platforms by the end of this year. A beta version of "r3
SSL HTTP Client" can be downloaded from
http://www.r3.ch/products/ssl/
The "r3 SSL HTTP Client" has been selected by the major Swiss Banks
to enable their homebanking applications with their customers. The
solution provides strong cryptography based on the 128 bit IDEA
algorithm. Export security and smaller key lengths were ruled out
as inacceptable for sensitive Internet homebanking services.
Strong cryptography with 128 bit IDEA algorithm is a
must for their homebanking Internet services.
The "r3 SSL HTTP Client" is part of a suite of SSL products
developed by r3 security engineering which consists of
_ r3 SSL HTTP Server
_ r3 SSL HTTP Proxy Server
_ r3 SSL HTTP Gateway
_ r3 SSL FTP Server
_ r3 SSL FTP Gateway
The r3 SSL server products will be available during the first
quarter 97.
r3 security engineering ag - located in Aathal/Zurich, Switzerland
is one of the major providers for security solutions in the area of
EDIFACT and Internet applications. r3's activities in international
standardization committees and in research projects guarantee state
of the art products and solutions.
"r3 SSL HTTP Server" and "r3 SSL HTTP Client" are trademarks of r3.
r3 SSL products use software modules developed by Eric Young
(eay@mincom.oz.au). Eric Young's SSLeay is used but the SSL layer
has been completely reengineered to provide full control over the
SSL handshake.
For further information please contact :
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Andreas E. Strate r3 security engineering ag
Internet: strate@r3.ch Hofstrasse 98
Phone: +41 1 934 56 56 CH-8620 Wetzikon
Direct: +41 1 934 56 72 Switzerland
Fax: +41 1 934 56 79 http://www.r3.ch/
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