"Bob Lord" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> anon wrote:
>
> > In Netscape Communicator 4.x (without PSM) the user can go to the
Netscape
> > security GUI to enable/disable individual cipher suites supported by the
> > browser under SSL 2.0 and 3.0. When PSM is installed (I used 1.4) ther
is
> > no user interface to select cipher. (At least I could not find one.)
> >
> > When PSM runs, the selections previously made in native NS still obtain.
So
> > a painful workaround is to shutdown NS; temporarily disable PSM; restart
NS
> > and use the native GUI to select cipher suites; shutdown NS; re-enable
PSM;
> > then restart NS.
> >
> > Is this user interface shortcoming fixed in a later release?
>
>
> You can see the new improvements to PSM in N6.1 here:
> http://people.netscape.com/lord/psm/n61/
>
> Also, what sort of need do you have for modifying ciphers?
>
> Regards,
> -Bob
>
> --
> Bob Lord
> Director, Security Engineering
> Netscape Communications Corp.
> http://www.mozilla.org/projects/security/pki/
>
Bob,
The issue was not about *modifying* ciphers. It was about letting the user
select cipher preferences, e.g. de-select weak ciphers. I can see that
capability (that was in N4.x ) is now back in N6.1 in the new "SSL: Edit
Cipher" GUI. That is perfect. The problem I encountered was that when PSM
1.4 is added to N4.x, that user's selection capability is removed.
Regards,
"Anon"
PS: Pardon the "anon," but it helps keep down the spam.
(Real POC: Gene Hilborn = first initial+last name @csc.com)
