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Dr. Stephen Henson 2006-03-28 14:48:42 +00:00
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@ -402,10 +402,10 @@ You can't generally create such a certificate using OpenSSL but there is no
need to any more. Nowadays web browsers using unrestricted strong encryption
are generally available.
When there were tight export restrictions on the export of strong encryption
When there were tight restrictions on the export of strong encryption
software from the US only weak encryption algorithms could be freely exported
(initially 40 bit and then 56 bit). It was widely recognised that this was
inadequate. A relaxation the rules allowed the use of strong encryption but
inadequate. A relaxation of the rules allowed the use of strong encryption but
only to an authorised server.
Two slighly different techniques were developed to support this, one used by