Why don't some websites support 256 bit A.E.S. encryption?

[Guest Dan]

I was just wondering since it is now a proven fact that 128 bit cipher

strength can be hacked then how come websites such as Bank of America and

Citicards are still in the Stone Age and relying on only 128 bit encryption.

Bank of America even has the audacity to claim it is the highest level of

encryption generally available. B.S. This is totally untrue. The above 2

websites do not fully support Mozilla Firefox. Mozilla Firefox gives you 256

bit Advanced Encryption Standard protection which is needed nowadays since

128 bit cipher strength can be hacked even though it is really difficult and

requires the proper tools. The surprising thing is open source Mozilla is

far along in the field compared to Internet Explorer which only has 256 bit

cipher strength in Vista and Mozilla Firefox supports it all the way back to

Windows 98 and/or 98 Second Edition. Google Mail (Gmail) supports the 256

bit cipher as well as Yahoo Mail as well as Charles Schwab. This is just a

concern and I would appreciate any and all relevant comments on this. Please

feel free to cross-post to a security newsgroup if an experienced user wants

to do so but I am just talking about it in here for now.