From: Jeff Weinstein <jsw@netscape.com>
Date: Wed, 7 Feb 1996 06:58:39 +0800
To: Deranged Mutant <wlkngowl@unix.asb.com>
Subject: Re: "PGP-Scape"? (was Re: Our "New Order")
In-Reply-To: <199602060726.CAA12115@bb.hks.net>
Message-ID: <3117D186.4A10@netscape.com>
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Deranged Mutant wrote:
> 
> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
> 
> cp@proust.suba.com (Alex Strasheim) wrote:
> >> There's also less worry about secure transactions, since if
> >> everything's encrypted it's harder to tell if a transaction is taking
> >> place, viewing porno or subversive or religious, literature,  or if
> >> you're just reading something mundane.
> >
> >I think I must be missing something here.  Aren't you describing an SSL
> >web server?  Different algorithms, but basically the same idea?
> 
> No. SSL doesn't encrypt everything, just certain transactions (or am I
> wrong about this?)  Something that keeps everything encrypted and
> anonymous.

  SSL encrypts everything passed over the connection.  When running HTTP
over SSL that includes the URL being accessed, username and password for
HTTP auth, and cookies.

> >Netscape 2.0 is out for real -- everyone can now pick their certs.  GAK
> >just got harder.
> 
> As opposed to the imaginary beta?

  The beta will expire in a few months.  The final release will not expire.

	--Jeff

-- 
Jeff Weinstein - Electronic Munitions Specialist
Netscape Communication Corporation
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