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by **NTK** » Sat, 03 Jun 2000 04:00:00

for PC banking, it requires 128-bit encryption. It doesn't look like there
is such support for Netscape if you are using linux. Is there any way to
use PC banking or am I stuck with Windows if I want to do some banking.

THanks

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by **brian moo** » Sat, 03 Jun 2000 04:00:00

On Fri, 02 Jun 2000 03:30:09 GMT,

> for PC banking, it requires 128-bit encryption. It doesn't look like there
> is such support for Netscape if you are using linux. Is there any way to
> use PC banking or am I stuck with Windows if I want to do some banking.

Sure, download 128 bit netscape from, um, netscape. Or install fortify.

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by **Leonard Even** » Sat, 03 Jun 2000 04:00:00

> for PC banking, it requires 128-bit encryption. It doesn't look like there
> is such support for Netscape if you are using linux. Is there any way to
> use PC banking or am I stuck with Windows if I want to do some banking.

> THanks

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The reason for this was the stupid US export restrictions on
encryption technology. Any open site from which one could
download netscape had the provide the so called international
version which had limited encryption. Of course, anyone outside
the US could easily get around this limitation. Indeed there
is a web site in Australia, which provides a program called
Fortify which takes the international version of netscape
and converts it to the US version.

If you are a US citizen or permanent resident, (or are just
willing to specify you are), you could also download the US
version from the Netscape web site, but you get a tar archive
which is not quite as easy to install as an rpm package,
but still it it not a big deal to do so.

Fortunately, the Clinton administration finally decided to
ignore the government security hawks and listen to reason.
So the latest versions of netscape, e.g., 4.73, do not have
this limitation anymore.
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by **Bill Unr** » Sat, 03 Jun 2000 04:00:00

Quote:>for PC banking, it requires 128-bit encryption. It doesn't look like there
>is such support for Netscape if you are using linux. Is there any way to
>use PC banking or am I stuck with Windows if I want to do some banking.

From My Netscape 4.7 on a Mandrake Linux 6.1

This version supports U.S. security with RSA Public Key
Cryptography, MD2, MD5, RC2-CBC, RC4, DES-CBC,
DES-EDE3-CBC .

As far as I recall, US security is 128 bit.

Also go to www.fortify.net.

by **John Colli** » Sun, 04 Jun 2000 04:00:00

:
: >for PC banking, it requires 128-bit encryption. It doesn't look like there
: >is such support for Netscape if you are using linux. Is there any way to
: >use PC banking or am I stuck with Windows if I want to do some banking.
:
: From My Netscape 4.7 on a Mandrake Linux 6.1
:
: This version supports U.S. security with RSA Public Key
: Cryptography, MD2, MD5, RC2-CBC, RC4, DES-CBC,
: DES-EDE3-CBC .
:
: As far as I recall, US security is 128 bit.

Bill, you are in Canada, which is considered part of the US
for the security issues. My 4.73 version recently downloaded
has international encription.

Another thing, I believe banking is excluded from the 40 bit
limit. I can bank with the Commonwealth Bank at 128 bits.

:
: Also go to www.fortify.net.

Best solution. There are widespread mirrors as well.

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