Re: strong encryption for Europeans

[Martin W Freiss <freiss.pad () sni de>]

Hi,

> I would like to know which options are available to Europeans with regard
> to strong encryption VPNs. It appears that most of well known firewall
> vendors are US companies and their VPNs are subjects to US law export 
> restrictions.

well, there are European firewall solutions, though they seem to be less
well known. Check http://www.swn.sni.be for one solution that does
not suffer from US export restrictions. Choice of RC4 and IDEA for VPN, up
to 128 bits. (Disclaimer: I work for that company, which makes me
biased, so I will not compare this to other products here).

> Another question: how strong is Check Point's FWZ1 ? What is its key 
> length ? Are there any estimates as to how breakable it is ? Our local FW-1 
> reseller could not enlighten me in the matter. 

48 Bits for the encryption, if I remember correctly. Not knowing
anything more about FWZ1, I won't hazard a guess as to the breakability :)

Best regards,

-Martin

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