Help File Incorrectly States Support for 40-bit DES Encryption

ID: Q244481

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional

SYMPTOMS

When you read the Internet Protocol (IP) Security and Data Encryption topics in Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional Help, you find reference to support for 40-bit U.S. Data Encryption Standard (DES) security. But Windows 2000 does not support 40-bit encryption.

NOTE: The Help file for Windows 2000 Professional is located in the C:\Winnt\Help folder and is named Netcfg.chm.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional.

Additional query words: ipsec

Keywords : ipsec
Version : WINDOWS:2000
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbbug