Re: Can't just any old DOS 386 handle 128 bit encryption? (OT)

[ichi]

Samuel W. Heywood wrote:
> 
> I am going to ask if there are any Linux users out 
> there who can advise me on what I would need as minimum 
> hardware requirements 

386dx-33 with 8meg RAM

> and what might I need as a minimum Linux OS 

minimum installation of Slackware/Debian/etc. 
plus PPP networking package(s)

> and as a minimum browser for the purpose of doing
> online banking at a website requiring 128 bit encryption? 

SSL version of links

BTW the current version of BasicLinux uses non-SSL links.  
I would like to use the SSL version, but it takes too much
space for a mini-distro that runs in a 4meg ramdisk.

Cheers,
Steven