Historically browsers for distribution outside the USA were required to be limited to 40-bit crypto. "(About Netscape) The "International Edition" had its effe

Historically browsers for distribution outside the USA were required to be limited to 40-bit crypto. "(About Netscape) The "International Edition" had its effective key lengths reduced to 512 bits and 40 bits respectively (RSA_EXPORT with 40-bit RC2 or RC4 in SSL 3.0 and TLS 1.0). Acquiring the 'U.S. domestic' version turned out to be sufficient hassle that most computer users, even in the U.S., ended up with the 'International' version, whose weak 40-bit encryption could be broken in a matter of days using a single personal computer." (Wikipedia - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Export_of_cryptography_from_the_United_States https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Export_of_cryptography_from_th...) In fact, strong crypto was only allowed in 2000. Only 16 years ago!