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Re: New Certificate Expiration Page
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Timothy Griffin)
Tue Jul 11 08:55:21 2000
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Date: Tue, 11 Jul 2000 08:55:00 -0400
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From: Timothy Griffin <tgriffin@MIT.EDU>
Cc: lisanti@mit.edu
I think we should also update the Hot Topics link to this new edited page.
Right now it goes to Jeff's older one.
Tim
>Hi,
>
>I have made a temporary fix to the certificates spotlight, and hope that
>the is-home team updates the suggested "certexpire" page for Jeff to
>implement.
>
>1. Done: the spotlight points to a new "announcement" page that gives
>context and links to the secure page that automatically shows you when your
>certificate expires. I didn't point directly to the secure page because we
>have so many outside visitors that click on the spotlight, and obviously
>they couldn't get to the secure server.
>
>2. Done: I copied Jeff's "certexpire" page and edited it. The new draft
>version is at http://web.mit.edu/cwis/announce/certexpire2.html My
>updates include highlighting the certificate expiration date in blue so it
>stands out, and giving more prominence to the phrase "If you are using
>Netscape 4.5 or later you should not need to delete your old certificate."
>
>3. To do: The is-home team or person responsible for this page should
>check this draft, copy it and make updates if necessary, then let Jeff know
>when he can upload it to nic.mit.edu.
>
>Thanks,
>
>-Suzana
>
>
>At 10:51 PM 7/10/00 -0400, you wrote:
>>Hello, is anyone listening. It would be really cool to repoint the Spotlight
>>page, particularly since some of the information on the existing certsexp
>page
>>is just plain wrong.
>>
>> -Jeff
>>
>>Dennis Baron wrote:
>>
>>> It seems like it would be nice if the current Spotlight pointed to your
>page
>>> that automatically shows you when your certificate expires...
>>>
>>> Dennis
>>
>At 05:52 PM 7/4/00 -0400, you wrote:
>>I have a new version of http://web.mit.edu/is/help/cert/certsexp.html.
>>This version resides on https://nic.mit.edu/certexpire/ (note the
>>"https"). This version is similar to the original except that it tells
>>you when your certificate will expire, you don't have to wade through
>>the various security dialogs in Netscape.
>>
>>Also note: I changed the advice on deleting certificates to say that
>>this is only necessary with browsers older then Netscape 4.5. This is
>>important advice as we do *not* want people to get into the habit (and
>>we need to break the habit if they are already in it) of deleting their
>>certificates when they obtain new ones or as a "try this to see if it
>>works" step.
>>
>>I say this because I suspect that with Netscape as our new recommended
>>e-mail client (see IMAP e-mail project) people will want to use the
>>Secure e-mail (S/MIME) facilities that are built in. MIT Certificates
>>can support this use. HOWEVER if people do this and receive encrypted
>>e-mail, they will lose access to that e-mail if they delete the
>>certificate it was sent to.
>>
>>Now it turns out there are a bunch of issues we would have to deal with
>>before we recommend S/MIME to people, however we should at least set the
>>groundwork by not recommending that people delete certificates at the
>>drop of a hat.
>>
>>You cannot copy https://nic.mit.edu/certexpire/ and have it work because
>>it is an "active" page that depends on code running on NIC to do its
>>thing. However if you want me to make changes, all you need to do is
>>"Save As" the existing page, make the changes and e-mail me the new page
>>(or e-mail me a pointer to it) and I can put it on NIC.
>>
>> -Jeff
>>
>>
>>
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