CDR: Re: Lions and Tigers and Backdoors, oh, my...

Ray Dillinger <bear@sonic.net> sez:

After a little security skirmish with my (now Ex)Bank, I discovered this about Netscape and Internet Explorer; both have "help fields" in their headers that facilitate cryptanalysis of SSL connections if you have the key to the help field.

I wonder if this is also true of international versions of Netscape products that have been "fortified" (www.fortify.net)? -- Bob