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Brian,
There are a number of technologies currently vying for acceptance. One of
which, as you mention, is SSL offered up by Netscape. Others are S-HTTP,
by Microsoft/IBM alliance, I think. Also, there is an internet draft out
for GSS (Generic Security Services). This is just off the top of my head.
Dig around and you'll find the info on these and others. A good place to
start might be
http://www.c2.org/apachessl
They have very recently released the first freeware secure httpd server
called Apache-SSL (as well as a commercial version for only $495) which
is an SSL implementation utilizing the SSLeay libraries written by Eric
A. Young in Australia. Until this, the least expensive secure server
available was $2000! Anyway, check the site out. They have gobs of info
on all the secure servers available.
Regards,
Kyle Amon
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Vice President http://labyrinth.cftnet.com/webwonders
WebWonders, Inc.
"Internet Consulting Service specializing in World Wide Web Development"
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On -1 xxx -1 Brian.Henderson@chembank.com wrote:
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> Is anyone aware of developments (other than Netscape) that will allow
> secure transactions over the web between the client and the host
> server. I would like to be able to utilize some software or hardware
> techniques that do not require much overhead and slow down my network
> performance too much. Ideally I would like this to be able to work
> regardless of the browser that my customer is using.
>
> Also, I have talked with Raptor and are familiar with their VPN and
> Eagle products.
>
> Thank you all for your help.
>
>
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