***BOGO*** Re: Accessing Secnews

[The Real Bev <bashley101+moz@xxxxxxxxx>]

Jay Garcia wrote:

> On 02.07.2008 02:47, Moz Champion (Dan) wrote:
>> Jay Garcia wrote:
>>> On 01.07.2008 19:38, Irwin Greenwald wrote:
>>>> On 7/1/2008 4:04 PM, Peter Potamus the Purple Hippo wrote:
>>>>> Jay Garcia wrote:
>>>>>> Ok, seems like the certificate authority isn't recognized by the old
>>>>>> secnews software.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Here are the instructions from Venkat (AOL Guru):
>>>>>>
>>>>>> This is a test posting to netscape.mozilla.thunderbird newsgroup using
>>>>>> secnews.netscape.com (SSL port 563). Let us see if this works.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The new SSL server cert that has been installed on secnews.netscape.com
>>>>>> news server has been issued by "AOL Member CA" and is valid from Jun 29,
>>>>>> 2008 to Jun 29, 2010.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> You might have to install the following 2 certificates in your browser
>>>>>> (NNTP client) in order to be able to access secnews.netscape.com on SSL
>>>>>> port 563:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> https://pki-info.aol.com/AOLMSPKI/AOL_Member_CA.der
>>>>>> https://pki-info.aol.com/AOL/AmericaOnline1.der
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Once you click on each one of the .der files above, you will see a
>>>>>> "Downloading Certificate" prompt, where you'll have to select/check the
>>>>>> option "Trust this CA to identify web sites" and install the certificate.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> When accessing the newsgroups on secnews.netscape.com, if you get an
>>>>>> error as follows:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thunderbird/Seamonkey can't connect securely to secnews.netscape.com
>>>>>> because the site uses a security protocol which isn't enabled.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Then, solution is to edit the configuration ("about:config" in the
>>>>>> location/address bar in Seamonkey or
>>>>>> Tools->Options->Advanced->General->Config Editor in Thunderbird) and 
>>>>>> enable:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> 1) "security.ssl3.rsa_rc4_40_md5" (change to "True")
>>>>>> 2) "security.enable_ssl2" (change to "True")
>>>>> I can access and post without the certificates
>>>>>
>>>> Same here.
>>> 
>>> Same question I just asked Peter ... do you still have those two lines
>>> set to "true" in about:config ?
>> 
>> I have those two set to True, and have no problems accessing or posting 
>> in secnews. I also kept the old newsgroup listing (account)
>> 
>> seems that either those new certificates are automatic, or simply not 
>> required
> 
> Set to "true" is what is allowing you access. 

And making sure the port is set to 563.  No idea how it got set wrong, 
but it did.

> The new certs do nothing. 

Lazy swine.

-- 
Cheers, Bev (Happy Linux User #85683, Slackware 11.0)
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