Re: Cypher Strength: 0-bit
From: Joe (nobodyishome_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 08/20/03
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Date: Tue, 19 Aug 2003 22:19:54 -0400
I think what you have done is load the wrong service pack version in
comaprison to your installation of IE6. You should have loaded the 128-bit
encryption version of SP1 to match your version of IE6. Try to uninstall
the Service Pack 1 for Internet Explorer through the Add/Remove Programs in
the Control Panel. If that doesn't work, use Add/Remove to also uninstall
IE6. That should put you back to version IE 5.5 which is probably a 128-bit
encrypted version. If you don't have a version of IE 5.5 try looking on
just about any version of AOL's free CD's and look in the subdirectories of
that AOL CD. They all have a version of IE 5.5 on them Look for ie5setup
and run it. Try IE 5.5 and see if you can reach those websites. Then
reload IE 6 and then obtain the 128-bit encrypted SP1 through the MS
Internet Explorer support site.
"PB Galena" <pbgalena@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:064e01c366bc$b23972a0$a601280a@phx.gbl...
>
> After installing IE 6 SP1 on my Windows 98 SE system I've
> found that I cannot log in at certain websites--Hotmail,
> for example--and I presume this is due to the subject of
> this post: my ciper strength reads as being 0-bit. I
> think the websites I'm unable to reach require encryption.
>
> I browsed the Microsoft site for help and thought I had
> found exactly what I needed: Microsoft Knowledge Base
> Article 261328, "Cipher Strength Appears as 0-Bit in
> Internet Explorer", which has this to say in regards to my
> configuration:
>
> ----------------------
> "SYMPTOMS
> In Microsoft Internet Explorer, you may experience the
> following behaviors:
> When you click About Internet Explorer on the Help menu,
> the Cipher Strength value is 0-bit.
> -and-
> You cannot connect to and view Web pages on secure Web
> sites."
> ----------------------
>
> Those are certainly my symptoms! Further, the article
> says:
>
> ----------------------
> "CAUSE
> This behavior can occur if the Schannel.dll, Rsabase.dll,
> or Rsaenh.dll files are missing, damaged, or of the
> incorrect version."
> ----------------------
>
> I'm not proficient enough to know if that is the root of
> my problem or not, but assuming it is, I read the
> suggested resolution which begins:
>
> ---------------------
> "Method 2: Microsoft Windows 95, Microsoft Windows 98,
> Microsoft Windows 98 Second Edition
>
> 1. Click Start, point to Settings, click Folder Options,
> and then click the View tab.
>
> 2. In the Advanced settings box, click Show all files,
> click to clear the Hide file extensions for known file
> types check box (if it is selected), and then click OK.
>
> 3. Start Windows Explorer, and then browse to the
> drive:\Windows\System folder, where drive is the drive on
> which Windows is installed.
>
> 4. Rename the Schannel.dll, Rsabase.dll, and Rsaenh.dll
> files (if present) by using the .old extension. To do so:
> a. Right-click the Schannel.dll file, and then
> click Rename.
> b. Type schannel.old, and then press ENTER
> c. Repeat steps 2a through 2b to rename the
> Rsabase.dll and Rsaenh.dll files to Rsabase.old and
> Rsaenh.old."
> ----------------------
>
> Step 4 is where I have hit a serious snag. There is no
> Schannel.dll file on my *entire* system. The Rsa files
> are there, but not the Schannel.dll file. Furthermore,
> each time I try to rename the Rsabase.dll file my system
> refuses to comply, saying, "The specified file is being
> used by Windows."
>
> I'd welcome any help here. I'd ask that it be sent to my
> e-mail address, but since it's a Hotmail address I could
> not access it anyway.
>
> Thanx for your consideration.
>
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