Questions for Magaziner?

[Tom Weinstein]

> Arnold G. Reinhold wrote:
>
> One question I'd like asked is whether the US Gov will approve 56-bit RC-4
> for export on the same terms as 56-bit DES. That would allow export
> versions of web browsers to be upgraded painlessly, making international
> e-commerce 64 thousand times more secure than existing 40-bit browsers.
> (56-bit DES browsers would require every merchant to upgrade their SSL
> servers and introduce a lot of unneeded complexity.)

Actually, it wouldn't be any easier to deploy 56-bit RC4 than DES.  Either
would require roughly the same changes to both clients and servers.

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