TIL Til 1996 it was illegal to export software out of the US with a key size of more than 40 bits . Therefore some companies (Netscape) made special US versions of their software, reducing the unknown part of the key length to 40 bits. - discu.eu

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TIL Til 1996 it was illegal to export software out of the US with a key size of more than 40 bits . Therefore some companies (Netscape) made special US versions of their software, reducing the unknown part of the key length to 40 bits. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/export_of_cryptography_in_the_united_states 9 comments 9/1/2014 crypto