Jeff Wollschleager wrote:
>
> Know next to nothing about crypto, have looked at some of info on
> Mozilla.org pages about PSM & NSS and I'm having a hard time
> understanding what the heck is going on. My big question would be-Why
> does PSM require internet access to view secure web sites? (run a
> firewall and unable to access secure sites without PSM having access).
I'll guess you're running the ZoneAlarm product on a PC, yes?
> How exactly do Mozilla & PSM interact together? Where does NSS fit in?
> Could go on & on but I probably have already worn out my welcome. Any
> info would be appreciated or a pointer to some good plain english
> info.Thanks.
PSM acts as a proxy server, sitting right on your PC. So, it has to have
permission to act as a server, but only for your "local" zone, and your
local zone must include your loopback address (e.g. 127.0.0.1).
NSS is a library used inside of PSM.
Please continue to post all followup questions to this newsgroup, thanks.
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