On Mon, Jul 04, 2005, Jagannadha Bhattu wrote: > Can you let me know what is an export cipher. >
If you mean "export ciphersuite"... Its a legacy thing which complied with the old US export regulations. It would effectively (*) have a much smaller key length and might have other restrictions applied too. * By "effectively" I mean that the key length might be the same as a non-export cipher (for example 128 bits) but some might be send in plain text or the amount of keying material used to derive it would be of a much smaller length. Steve. -- Dr Stephen N. Henson. Email, S/MIME and PGP keys: see homepage OpenSSL project core developer and freelance consultant. Funding needed! Details on homepage. Homepage: http://www.drh-consultancy.demon.co.uk ______________________________________________________________________ OpenSSL Project http://www.openssl.org User Support Mailing List openssl-users@openssl.org Automated List Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED]
