G'day,

Um, could you run through that at a more technical level for me?

How exactly does a different Verisign cert at the server end make a 40
bit "Colombian Special" browser suddenly able to support 128 bit
encryption?

Intrigued,

--
Ben Nagy
Network Security Specialist
Mb: TBA  PGP Key ID: 0x1A86E304 


> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Marc E. Mandel
> Sent: Friday, May 24, 2002 8:08 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: OT: Encryption and Credit Card Processing
> 
> 
> Richard:
[...]  The installation of 
> global certificates trigger the Netscape surrogate and the Internet 
> Explorer gated functionality.  What this means is that 
> 40-bit, 56-bit, and 
> 64-bit versions of the browser will step up to 128-bit SSL 
> sessions without 
> the user having to install a browser or upgrade to achieve 
> the stronger 
> algorithm.[...]
>
> Regards;
> Marc Mandel
[...]

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