> We have tested it out here at Lucent (I haven't myself so I can only say
> what happend, not why). Installing a 128bits certificate on the
> web server,
> and using 40bits french Netscape (v 4.5 or 4.6) on NT4 to access it :
> computer crash !
> As I've said, I only share my experience, so maybe Florin will be better
> fitted out with a 40bits certificate after all....

Here we use both 128 and 40 bits browsers without any problem !

AFAIK, during the SSL handshake, the browser and the server decides what
strength they are going to us during their communication. So, the one that
has the shortest key length will impose it for their comm. That's all I
think!


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