Re: 132-bit encryption

From: Jesper M. Johansson [MSFT] (jesperjo_at_online.microsoft.com)
Date: 05/03/03 

Date: Fri, 2 May 2003 16:34:55 -0700

128-bit encryption means that the OS supports domestic (U.S.) grade
encryption. That means that you can use any key-length, as specified by the
protocol. Some protocols use 128-bit encryption, others use 256-bit, others
still use 168-bit, and so on. It all depends on the protocol. They are all
supported by the "128-bit" browser. Current versions of Windows all support
AES, which supports 128- 192-, and 256-bit encryption. It is just up to the
application designer to pick which one to use.

FWIW, I am not aware of any such requirement in HIPAA, particularly 132-bit.
132 bits is a very strange encryption key length that is not used by any
commonly available protocol I am aware of. Are you sure it was not 112? 

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"Narayanan Lakshmanan" <narayanl@india.hp.com> wrote in message
news:3eb205d8@usenet01.boi.hp.com...
> AES supports 132 bit encrption (for that matter upto 256 bit)... see if
you
> can download any of these third party software that will support AES.. I
> know of one Odyssey Technologies that offers an encryption product Crypta
> which supports AES encryption upto 256 bits...visit www.odysseytec.com for
> more details
>
> "annadholland" <annadholland@Juno.com> wrote in message
> news:037801c31005$ab1d7060$2f01280a@phx.gbl...
> > To be in compliance with federal HIPAA regulations
> > regarding sending protected health information over the
> > Internet (email), I must have 132-bit encryption.  Juno
> > uses Internet Exploret 5.5, which has 128-bit encryption.
> > Since I need 132-bit encryption, I went to Microsoft in
> > hopes of downloading, but it appears that the "highest"
> > encryption is only 128-bit.
> >
> > Where or how do I get 132-encryption?
> >
> > Any help would be appreciated.
>
>

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