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Re: New Certificate Expiration Page
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Robyn Fizz)
Tue Jul 11 09:49:35 2000
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Date: Tue, 11 Jul 2000 09:49:29 -0400
To: Timothy Griffin <tgriffin@mit.edu>, ishome@mit.edu
From: Robyn Fizz <fizz@MIT.EDU>
Cc: lisanti@mit.edu, <jis@mit.edu>
Tim,
Please update the Hot Topics Link.
Lee Ridgway maintains the Certificates page. I have forwarded all the
recent e-mail about certificate expiration to him, so he can make the
needed changes.
Robyn
At 8:55 AM -0400 7/11/00, Timothy Griffin wrote:
>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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