Just a quick post to remind folks that Microsoft released a hotfix back in 2008 (based on the file time-stamps) to add AES ciphers to the built in cipher options. This is a step up from the standard RC4 ciphers and offers 256bit encryption.
This is documented in http://support.microsoft.com/kb/948963.
The added ciphers are:
- TLS_RSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA
- AES128-SHA
- TLS_RSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA
- AES256-SHA
Applications using the schannel.dll for security will be able to use these additional ciphers.
Yes, I know Windows 2003 is a bit long in the tooth, but it still has a fairly large installed user base.