[5411] in cryptography@c2.net mail archive
RE: going around the crypto
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Alan Ramsbottom)
Sat Aug 14 15:58:16 1999
From: Alan Ramsbottom <ACR@als.co.uk>
To: "'EKR'" <ekr@rtfm.com>
Cc: cryptography@c2.net
Date: Sat, 14 Aug 1999 18:33:23 +0100
> At one point, IE wouldn't even give you the option of continuing
> the connection. I'm not sure what it does now.
IE5 gives you one or more warnings (unknown CA, invalid cert date, URL-CN
mismatch) and asks if you want to proceed.
It can also check CRLs, but the feature is disabled by default (doubtless on
standards/compatibility grounds).
-Alan-
