Date: Sat, 04 Oct 1997 13:53:30 -0400 From: Brian Haskin <haskin@ptway.com> To: The Hermit Hacker <scrappy@hub.org> Cc: FreeBSD-Hackers <freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Netscape 4.03b8 and Encryption: Message-ID: <3436829A.BA613792@ptway.com> References: <Pine.NEB.3.96.971004135309.220X-100000@thelab.hub.org>
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The Hermit Hacker wrote:
>
> =============================
> Insufficient encryption
>
> This document requires a larger secret key size for encryption than
> your
> browser is capable of supporting.
> =============================
>
> Has anyone seen this before? I'm trying to access my bank account,
> through
> the web, using Netscape 4.03b8 under FreeBSD 3.0-CURRENT. I can do it
> using
> 4.03 under Win95 *ick* but it fails through FreeBSD :(
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Marc G. Fournier
> Systems Administrator @ hub.org
> primary: scrappy@hub.org secondary:
> scrappy@{freebsd|postgresql}.org
Unfortunately the beta put out by netscape only has the weaker
international 40 bit encryption (last I heard anyway). Which is fairly
easy to break and is the reason your bank doesn't want you useing this
to connect with them.
Brian Haskin <haskin@ptway.com>
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