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Hi..Tech Gurus.
I want to know the difference between International security type and North American security type in Lotus Domino. What is the technical difference between them.e.g.(bit size..etc..)

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by tmaclennan

From Lotus Notes Knowledge base Doc#162546:
The North American edition uses encryption keys that are 64-bits long. The U.S. Government, for reasons of national security, limits the length of encryption keys for export to 40 bits. To comply with these restrictions, we have the International edition. When we generate a 64-bit key for the International edition, the top 24 bits are encrypted using the U.S. Government?s public key and stored in what is called the Workfactor Reduction Field (WRF). Splitting the key in this manner results in a key that's 40 bits for the U.S. Government and 64 bits for everyone else. This approach maintains a high level of security worldwide without violating the export laws of the U.S. Government.

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