On 09/23/2011 11:00 AM, NoOp wrote:
> On 09/23/2011 04:19 AM, Justin Wood (Callek) wrote:
>> On 9/23/2011 5:36 AM, Paul B. Gallagher wrote:
>> ...
>>> Full article (Mozilla stuff on p. 2):
>>> <http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/09/19/beast_exploits_paypal_ssl/>
>>>
>> 
>> ALSO
>> http://threatpost.com/en_us/blogs/new-attack-breaks-confidentiality-model-ssl-allows-theft-encrypted-cookies-091611
>> 
>> Lastly,
>> It is unclear at this point if the attack can be replicated in Firefox 
>> [Gecko] 7, which has the newer WebSocket protocol. We're working to get 
>> an answer from the bug reporters.
>> 
>> For further discussion on this threat, I suggest m.d.platform rather 
>> than the SeaMonkey list, since its not just a SeaMonkey Issue...
> 
> http://www.mozilla.org/about/forums/
> 
> I'm curious why you recommend:
> mozilla.dev.platform
> For people working on Mozilla-the-platform.
> 
>  rather than:
> 
> mozilla.dev.tech.crypto
> For discussions about cryptography, and cryptographic issues surrounding
> the Mozilla source code. See the PKI project for more info. (Moderated.)
> 
>   or
> 
> mozilla.dev.security
> Security issues such as specific security problems or ideas for making
> the code as a whole more secure can be discussed here. Cryptography,
> however, is not within this group's charter. (Moderated.)
> 
> Note: not disputing your recommendation; just trying to understand why
> when the others (security & crypto) seem closer to the issue.

And I reckon that the post from Nelson Bolyard on bug
pretty much settles that question:

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=480514
[Implement TLS 1.2 (RFC 5246)]
<quote>
Nelson Bolyard (seldom reads bugmail) 2011-09-23 13:28:47 PDT

Read comment 32 before posting any new comment.

Bugzilla bugs are not a discussion forum.  This is NOT the place for
everyone to pile on with "I think this is important, too" comments.  The
place for those comments is the mozilla.dev.tech.crypto newsgroup.
</quote>

Also referenced:
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=565047
[(RFC4346) Implement TLS 1.1 (RFC 4346)]

Followup set to: mozilla.support.seamonkey as this is where this thread
originated. However I suppose any additional technical posts regarding
SeaMonkey (meaning other than general media notice/info), per Nelson's
comments should actually be in mozilla.dev.tech.crypto.
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