Announcement: Two AES Ciphersuites (128/256 bits) are now supported

Windows 2008 Server and Windows Vista were both released with support for SSL/TLS ciphersuites which use the AES symmetric encryption. Windows 2003 Server was released without these ciphersuites, and so IAG 2007 did not support them either. Recently Microsoft has released a hotfix for Windows 2003 Server which adds two TLS AES ciphersuites, one for 128-bit encryption and one for 256-bit encryption. Installing this hotfix on an IAG 2007 appliance will add support for the TLS AES ciphersuites. More information about the hotfix is available at http://support.microsoft.com/kb/948963/en-us

From the IAG Team blog at:

http://blogs.technet.com/edgeaccessblog/archive/2008/08/05/anouncement-two-aes-ciphersuites-128-256-bits-are-now-supported.aspx

HTH,

Tom

Thomas W Shinder, M.D., MCSE
Sr. Consultant / Technical Writer
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