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View Full Version : SSL encryption, whats maximum possible?


barrywien
07-15-2004, 06:44 PM
Ive just been talking to a bloke who recons his site is protected by 256bit encryption. As far as I was aware the maximum available was 128bit so is he full of rubbish or am I in the dark?

Oh and he also recons this is how he acheived it http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/Cryptoloop-HOWTO/

I cant work that link out, to much jiberish

LP-Trel
07-15-2004, 07:11 PM
In Firefox my website reads it is protected by (AES-256 256bit) and on some websites it reads (RC4 128bit).

As far as I can figure it seems some certificates and browsers (such as Firefox) are capable of more while MSIE still only supports 128bit and down.