The 128bit SSL encryption is how much the browser will 'encrypt' the information on a SSL (Secure Socket Layer) connection.... For example my Administrator certificate has a 1024 bit RSA key, which IMHO will be pretty hard to brute force... 128bit encryption is under-rated, most people think that its easy to crack.... It isnt, 128bit encryption would take a while to crack... I mean it takes a good system about 20hrs to crack a 48bit DES key.... I would think it should take at least 3 days to crack a 128 bit key.. If im wrong, correct me, dont flame me