On Thu, Jun 18, 2009 at 12:16:21PM -0700, Kyle Hamilton wrote:

> Mozilla Firefox, when the Platform Security Module is in FIPS mode.
>

Just in case anyone is confused, the 40-bit RC2 encrypts the certificate,
not the private key.  From the pkcs12(1) manpage:

  -descert
       encrypt the certificate using triple DES, this may render the
       PKCS#12 file unreadable by some "export grade" software. By
       default the private key is encrypted using triple DES and the cer-
       tificate using 40 bit RC2.

so the FIPs vs. non-FIPS mode is of little security relevance, just an
interoperability headache.

-- 
        Viktor.
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