It is indeed the case that the 128 bit patch was not available in the
original download or on the cd. It could not be placed on the cd for
security reasons and for some reason, the 4.0x 128 bit doesn't give you
the 5.0 one. I was puzzled over this too after I received a note in my
updates that the 128-bit patch was available. I've only been running
128 for a few weeks and unlike some others for some reason, when I
updated to 5.01, mine did transfer.
What else you get with 5.01 depends largely on what you have already or
elect to install. It is too lengthy to go into here but there is more
info about it on the microsoft site.
Les Kriegler wrote:
>
> Hi David,
>
> I also appreciate all the help you provide. I have another wrinkle for you!
> This morning, I tried to go to my compensation plan's web site. They
> recently upgraded to a more secure site, and therefore require a 128 bit
> encrypted vrowser. No problem, I thought as I had 128 bit IE4, and when I
> upgraded to IE5 from the Jaws CD, I assumed that encryption transferred.
> However, when I could not get on the Deferred Comp site, I went into help
> and about in IE5 and learned that I had a 40 bit siber strength version. So
> the fun began! I tried to go to Microsoft's site and saw an upgrade to
> IE5.01 which included the 128 bit version. I didn't want 5.01, so I made a
> couple of calls to Citibank, and then to my I.S.P. Here's a tip for anybody
> wanting to upgrade their security with IE5, as told to me by my I.S.P rep.
> If you go to help and about in IE5, you'll see the siber strength you have,
> most likely either 40 or 128. If you wish to upgrade from 40 to 128, you
> move the Jaws cursor to the word "update". Place the Jaws cursor on any
> character in the word "update", not on the parentheses, but on the actual
> word. Then click the left mouse button, and you are taken to the Microsoft
> site and the page where the patch can be downloaded. It's pretty easy from
> there to upgrade your security. The file is called MSIE128.exe, about 220KB
> in size. I ran the patch, and now have a 128 bit encrypted version of
> IE5.0. This probably relates to what you reported about the version of IE5
> on the Jaws CD.
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