BT's Trustwire 40 bit secure communications claim

[davidh@spidacom.co.uk]

On 11 Feb 99, at 7:14, Duggie Stenhouse wrote:

> Basically it's a "bona fide" certificate issuer - however, they are also
> selling "secure e-commerce solution" based on 40 bit keys which "guarantee
> security"

I looked at the BT site yesterday.

I have insecure keys turned off in my browser, as a result it told me 
that it could not negotiate a compatible set of ciphers, or words to 
that effect. When I temporarily turned on the insecure keys it 
worked.

I was not impressed and pointed my browser at Thawte instead, which 
prodvides real certificates.




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