perry wrote: >> We could use more implementations of ssl and >> of ssh, no question. >> ...more cleanly implemented and simpler to use >> versions of existing algorithms and protocols... >> would be of tremendous utility.
jill ramonsky replied: > I am very much hoping that you can answer both (a) > and (b) with a yes, in which case I will /definitely/ > get on with recoding SSL: > Is it possible for Bob to instruct his browser to > (a) refuse to trust anything signed by Eve, and > (b) to trust Alice's certificate (which she handed > to him personally)? (And if so, how?) how it's done depends on the browser: in Moz 1.0: Edit > Preferences... > Privacy & Security > Certificates > Manage Certificates > {Authorities, Web Sites} in MSIE 5: Edit > Preferences.., > Web Browser > Security > Certificate Authorities (there seems to be no way to tell MSIE 5 to trust Alice's server cert for SSL connections, except to tell MSIE 5 to trust Alice's CA.) in NS 4.75: Communicator > Tools > Security Info > Certificates > {Signers, Web Sites} - don davis, boston - --------------------------------------------------------------------- The Cryptography Mailing List Unsubscribe by sending "unsubscribe cryptography" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]