From: Bill Stewart <bill.stewart@pobox.com>
Date: Fri, 18 Sep 1998 01:33:48 +0800
To: cypherpunks@cyberpass.net
Subject: Re: 128 bit or 40 bit?
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At 02:35 AM 9/17/98 +0900, Anonymous wrote:
>
>Being outside North America, I have an "export" version of 
>Internet Explorer/Netscape Navigator. These offer 40 bit 
>encryption. (40 bit RC4, I understand).
>
>
>My financial institution has a 128 bit Verisign certificate.
>To my surprise, they claim this offers 128 bit encryption to /me/.
>[in transactions to https://secure.mybank.com.xx]

Odd.  On the other hand, if your Netscape browser does have a 40-bit 
limitation problem, you can fix it by going to www.fortify.net.
				Thanks! 
					Bill
Bill Stewart, bill.stewart@pobox.com
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