BofA+Netscape

Perry E. Metzger perry at imsi.com
Sat Dec 10 15:51:42 PST 1994



Alan Olsen says:
> If you check their WWW page, you will find information on the Secure Sockets
> Layer.  It explains the algorythm used (RC4) and key size (40 bits).

40 bit RC4 will not stop any attacker with even moderate resources;
its crap.

Also, its not clear we need Yet Another Encryption On Top Of Sockets
protocol.

.pm






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