Govt to play catch up on encryption norms

.....The policy entails increasing the encryption norms from 40 bits to 128 bits. Bits are used to define the level of coding of a message; the more the bits, the greater is the security of an online transaction or even an email. Entities including the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), commercial banks, insurance companies, service providers, and the Indian units of Microsoft Corp. and BlackBerry-maker Research In Motion Ltd (RIM)have already switched to a minimum encryption of 128 bits, said a high-ranking government official.......

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