"Michael H. Warfield" wrote:
>
> On Mon, Dec 11, 2000 at 06:43:00PM -0800, Daniel Veditz wrote:
> > Eric Vaandering wrote:
> >
> > > How will this be handled with the installer version. Will it come as
> > > part of the browser, or will it be an option to check/uncheck like MailNews?
>
> > The netscape browser assumes PSM is part of the core "browser" (even though
> > it's still a separate install behind the scenes). Is there a contingent of
> > folks who want to be able to deselect PSM? It would be fairly trivial to
> > change.
>
> > One reason for deselecting the Mozilla PSM is that someone may wish to
> > install the iPlanet version instead, so it's not all that far-fetched an
> > idea.
>
> And why would you want to do that? Are there some advantages to
> the iPlanet version? Is there some development reason (compatibility
> testing) for it? Once it's in the core browser, I'm trying to fathom
> why ANYONE would go to the bother of the iPlanet version unless there
> was some advantage sufficient to justify the effort.
I have no idea, I'm just brainstorming why Eric would want to be able to
deselect the security stuff the way mail can, and see if there's enough
folks who want it that some install work would be required.
There is one small part of PSM that in the iPlanet version contains some RSA
proprietary code (actual RSA code, not just an implementation of the
patented algorithm), which was replaced for the open source version. There
was already one serious bug fixed in the replacement version, so it's
conceivable some folks would trust the iPlanet version more until the open
source version gets a few more miles on it.
-Dan Veditz
