On Monday, 7 April 2014 23:33:50 UTC+1, Kathleen Wilson  wrote:
> All,
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> We have been working on a new certificate verification library for 
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> Gecko, and would greatly appreciate it if you will test this new library 
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> and review the new code.
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> Background
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> NSS currently has two code paths for doing certificate verification. 
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> "Classic" verification has been used for verification of non-EV 
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> certificates, and libPKIX has been used for verification of EV 
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> certificates.
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> As many of you are aware, the NSS team has wanted to replace the 
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> "classic" verification with libPKIX for a long time. However, the 
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> current libPKIX code was auto-translated from Java to C, and has proven 
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> to be very difficult to maintain and use. Therefore, Mozilla has created 
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> a new certificate verification library called mozilla::pkix.
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> Request for Testing
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> Replacing the certificate verification library can only be done after 
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> gaining sufficient confidence in the new code by having as many people 
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> and organizations test it as possible.
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> We ask that all of you help us test this new library as described here:
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> https://wiki.mozilla.org/SecurityEngineering/mozpkix-testing#Request_for_Testing
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> Testing Window: The mozilla::pkix certificate verification library is 
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> available for testing now in Nightly Firefox builds. We ask that you 
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> test as soon as possible, and that you complete your testing before 
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> Firefox 31 exits the Aurora branch in June.
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> (See https://wiki.mozilla.org/RapidRelease/Calendar)
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> Request for Code Review
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> The more people who code review the new code, the better. So we ask all 
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> of you C++ programmers out there to review the code and let us know if 
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> you see any potential issues.
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> https://wiki.mozilla.org/SecurityEngineering/mozpkix-testing#Request_for_Code_Review
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> We look forward to your help in testing and reviewing this new 
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> certificate verification library.
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> Mozilla Security Engineering Team

Since the latest update 3 days ago I have been unable to log in to any of my 
Netgear equipment using Firefox.  I get the error: (Error code: 
sec_error_extension_value_invalid.   I can access my equipment using Explorer 
so I can only assume it might be something to do with this access list. 
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