Actually I kinda went with 2. With Debian, I installed both the debian 473 and the netscape version of 474 (into /usr/local/netscape per default) and then just did an update-alternatives to point to this version. Worked very nice and clean on my desktop and my laptops.
Robert Thus spake Tom Pfeifer ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > 128 bit encryption is not available directly from installing Debian > packages. There's a few options as far as getting the 128 bit > encryption: > > 1) Install normally using the Debian package(s). This will install the > 56 bit version. Then use the fortify packages (fortify and > fortify-linux-x86) to install the 128 bit encryption. The fortify > packages are in the non-US distribution, but it only works with versions > up to and including 4.72. The Debian packages will install to > /usr/lib/netscape. > > OR > > 2) Install by downloading the 128 bit version directly from Netscape. > This will be in the form of a tar.gz file and after extracting the file > to a setup directory, the included 'ns-install' script is run to install > the program to /usr/local/netscape (by default). > > OR > > 3) If you want to install version 4.73 using Debian packages AND want > 128 bit encryption, the fortify packages will not work for that version. > What you do can in that case (or with any version) is to also install > (temporarily) the 'direct from Netscape' tar.gz version just to get the > 128 bit binary. You can then copy that binary over the 56 bit version > installed by the Debian package. I just did this today on my potato box > with Communicator 4.73. The binary copy was like this: > > cp /usr/local/netscape/netscape > /usr/lib/netscape/473/communicator/communicator-smotif.real > > Tom > > > Mathew Johnston wrote: > > > > is there a 128 bit encryption netscape package floating around? I cant > > find it in my packages list. > > > > Thanks :) > > Mat. > > > > -- > > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null :wq! --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Robert L. Harris | Micros~1 : Senior System Engineer | For when quality, reliability at RnD Consulting | and security just aren't \_ that important! DISCLAIMER: These are MY OPINIONS ALONE. I speak for no-one else. FYI: perl -e 'print $i=pack(c5,(41*2),sqrt(7056),(unpack(c,H)-2),oct(115),10);'