Beaumont Jones wrote:
> i just starting using mac mozilla 0.9.9. is the encryption for sending
> credit card info and that sort of stuff fairly secure? maybe this is a
> dumb question, as i never really asked it about internet explorer. thanks!
The 128 bit SSL-encryption that's used for sending encrypted data over
the internet is considered very secure by cryptography experts. It would
probably take (on average) years to decrypt a transmission.
(Note that the same is true for Internet Explorer's encryption, as it
uses the same mechanism. Note however that older versions of MSIE use by
default a comparatively insecure method and need an upgrade to encrypt
securely. This may only apply to users outside of the US).
--
"They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary
safety deserve neither liberty nor safety."
-- Benjamin Franklin
