Re: Update CIPHER to 128bit on Win2000

From: Karl Levinson [x y] mvp (levinson_k@excite.com)
Date: 12/30/02 

From: "Karl Levinson [x y] mvp" <levinson_k@excite.com>
Date: Mon, 30 Dec 2002 17:07:25 -0500

"Lew Neuman" <lewneuman@aol.com> wrote in message
news:03ce01c2b011$4e685c30$cef82ecf@TK2MSFTNGXA08...
> I need to update my Cipher to 128-bit but can't seem to
> find the correct version of Internet Explorer that will do
> it on WIN2000. Versions 5.X seem to NOT have an impact on
> the WIN2000 cipher according to their technical
> descriptions and Ver 6 doesn't mention anything....I would
> appreciate any experiences or advice.

Windows 2000 encryption is upgraded using the Win 2000 high encryption pack,
not by installing IE as with other versions of Windows. You can download
that from www.microsoft.com/download

http://securityadmin.info/faq.htm#ie

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