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 [...] _______________________________________________ Firewalls mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] For Account Management (unsubscribe, get/change password, etc) Please go to: http://lists.gnac.net/mailman/listinfo/firewalls
