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Re: about Netscape Navigator

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Carsten Heyl)
Sun Apr 28 06:15:54 1996

To: etdrc@public.bta.net.cn
cc: www-security@ns2.rutgers.edu
In-reply-to: Your message of "Sat, 27 Apr 1996 15:51:04 +0800."
             <199604270751.PAA09980@public.bta.net.cn> 
Date: Sun, 28 Apr 1996 09:48:13 +0200
From: Carsten Heyl <heyl@nads.de>
Errors-To: owner-www-security@ns2.rutgers.edu


>      I have a problem about Netscape Navigator.
>      I have Netscape Navigator 1.22 and from the help information I know it 
>support SSL security scheme.But I don't know how to use it to communicate 
>with a secure HTTP server which support SSL. If I want to communicate with a 
>secure and a no-secure HTTP server what should I do .

Just write "https:" instead of "http:" in the URL. Then netscape connects to
another port on the destination machine which is used ofr HTTP over SSL. 

There is an example to try on the netscape pages about SSL.

> 
>                    Thank  you!
>
> 
>

Ciao,
	Carsten

  Carsten Heyl                          Heyl@NADS.De
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