Date: Tue, 02 Dec 2008 08:44:22 +1000 From: Da Rock <rock_on_the_web@comcen.com.au> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Which FreeBSD is best for my PC? Message-ID: <1228171462.4523.0.camel@laptop1.herveybayaustralia.com.au> In-Reply-To: <20081201142212.5cddd312@gumby.homeunix.com> References: <002701c9538a$10ff0330$005bfb48@harryveltman> <20081201142212.5cddd312@gumby.homeunix.com>
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On Mon, 2008-12-01 at 14:22 +0000, RW wrote: > On Sun, 30 Nov 2008 23:54:38 -0800 > "Harry Veltman" <veltman@intergate.com> wrote: > > > Which version and GUI will work best on the internet with my AT > > Pentium II 350MHz x86-based PC? Some web sites require Flash Player > > 8 or higher, > > If flash is important to you then I'd suggest you run windows firefox > under wine. Native Adobe Flash support is apparently working again in > 7.1, but it's only just been restored as being broken for years. And by > all accounts the linux flash-plugin isn't perfect even in Linux. > > > and some require 128-bit encryption I think, but doesn't > > 40-bit encryption process data 3 times faster? How many bit > > encryption is the various versions of FreeBSD? Thanks. > > All the supported versions of FreeBSD should have a wide range of > ciphers available on browsers. IMO it's not really worth using > ciphers below 128 bits. 128 bit is probably safe from the NSA, 40 > bits could easily be broken on a pc. Are you sure about the NSA part? :P
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