> > 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 !
Lucky you are :-)
> 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!
It seems logical to me, but what about certificates, are you using only one
(128bits) certificate or 2 (40bits too) ?
Sorry if I'm wrong, I'm not the cleverest on earth about SSL stuff (that's
why I've subscribed, to learn)
Marc
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