Does anybody know why both IE and Netscape browser implement exclusively RSA
certificates?
My feeling is that Microsoft and Netscape both made a deal with RSA Security
to get a "low" price RSA license at the condition of not implementing DSA.
Nicolas Roumiantzeff.
-----Message d'origine-----
De : Andrew Cooke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
À : [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date : mardi 30 novembre 1999 17:21
Objet : Re: RSA Security and Red Hat, Inc. Sign Licensing Agreement
>This isn't quite true - you can compile OpenSSL to be copyright free.
>However, as far as I know (and my knowledge is a bit out-of-date, so
>this may have changed), this then leaves SSL with cipher suites which
>are not supported by the common browsers. So you can only write secure
>applications that do not talk to browsers. But you can still use SSL,
>if both ends of the connection have a comprehensive (ie OpenSSL)
>implementation.
>
>Sorry if this repeats stuff - I've just re-subscribed to the list after
>having not read it for a long time (since SSLeay, I guess).
>
>Andrew
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