[1141] in WWW Security List Archive
Re: Public httpd servers that support encryption
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Damian Reeves)
Thu Nov 9 01:42:33 1995
Date: Thu, 9 Nov 1995 03:47:46 +0000 (GMT)
From: Damian Reeves <djr1003@cam.ac.uk>
To: Wolfgang Roeckelein <wolfgang@wi.whu-koblenz.de>
cc: Holger Reif <Holger.Reif@PrakInf.TU-Ilmenau.DE>, andrew@andy.alt.za,
www-security@ns2.rutgers.edu
In-Reply-To: <9511081239.AA26692@sirius.wi.WHU-Koblenz.de>
Errors-To: owner-www-security@ns2.rutgers.edu
On Wed, 8 Nov 1995, Wolfgang Roeckelein wrote:
> The new 2.0 beta 2 versions of the netscape navigator should accept
> additional certificates and CAs, has anybody tested this already?
> At least you should now be able to build a inhouse combination of Navigator
> and a SSL server which provide secure communication among them without getting
> VeriSign involved.
The version for Linux crashes and burns as soon as you click on any of the
options in the security dialogue, what a marvellously stable beta release
this is. Don't know if this behaviour is strongly simulated by the versions
for the other platforms, but then I wouldn't expect much more from the
company you love to hate...
Damian
