Rich Salz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

> > The certificate has no effect on the type of symmetric encryption that SSL
> > negotiates.
> 
> Except that if you have to support older "export-strength crypto"
> browsers, then you can only have a 512bit key.
Only REALLY REALLY old browsers that only support SSLv2.

SSLv3 has a an ephemeral RSA scheme that lets you authenticate a
512-bit key with your 1024 bit signing key.

-Ekr
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