[17645] in Athena Bugs
Re: root certificates
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (t. belton)
Mon Mar 13 03:24:39 2000
Date: Mon, 13 Mar 2000 03:24:34 -0500 (EST)
From: "t. belton" <tbelton@MIT.EDU>
To: Jerrad Pierce <belg4mit@mit.edu>
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The v.4 Netscape we have as standard on Athena should be recent enough to
not have this problem, as I recall. Of course v.3 has it, but presumably
the people who are still using v.3 are aware of the many
obsolescence-related problems it has, of which root certificates are but
one.
-Todd
On Sun, 12 Mar 2000, Jerrad Pierce wrote:
> Hello, as you may know v3 and early v4 browsers shipped with root certificates
> that expired in 2000. I'm pretty sure there are newer versions or patches to
> remedy this. It would be good to maintain the existing software in
> infoagents, or remove it. However, I'd advise against removing NN v3 because
> many people still use it. I personally use it to check for compatibility...
> Another method might be to provide a message (one-time only?) upon usage
> stating the problem...
