Thanks for the information. Does that mean there is no longer restrictions
on using any of the cipher suites specified by TLS or SSL outside of the US?
Sorry for a simple question. But is it still the case that only Canada and
US are allowed to use browers with 128 bit encryption strength?
Patrick
----- Original Message -----
From: Rich Salz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: Patrick Li <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, February 16, 2001 12:11 PM
Subject: Re: Exportable cipher suite
> > Can someone explain what does exportable cipher suite mean?
>
> It means "at the time EXPORT was defined, it was ciphers that were legal
> to export outside of the US." Actually, in practice it really meant
> what ciphers were supported by browsers exported from the US.
>
> Unless you have a large installed base of old browsers (>1 year), ignore
> it; export no longer has any meaning right now.
> /r$
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