1995-08-18 - Re: Netscape security

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From: Alex Tang <altitude@cic.net>
To: harveyrj@vt.edu (R. J. Harvey)
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Message ID: <199508181508.LAA11362@petrified.cic.net>
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UTC Datetime: 1995-08-18 15:08:47 UTC
Raw Date: Fri, 18 Aug 95 08:08:47 PDT

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From: Alex Tang <altitude@cic.net>
Date: Fri, 18 Aug 95 08:08:47 PDT
To: harveyrj@vt.edu (R. J. Harvey)
Subject: Re: Netscape security
In-Reply-To: <9508181411.AA11657@toad.com>
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On Fri Aug 18 10:11:07 1995: you scribbled...
> 
> On the subject of Netscape:
>    Now that Netscape is making the Commerce Server available
> for free to students, faculty, libraries, etc. (i.e., groups
> with limited ability to cough-up $290 to RSA to get the 
> 1-year digitially-signed certificate needed to make it operate 
> in "secure mode"), does anyone know of alternative methods for 
> producing such certificates?  

are you sure that this is a commerce server?  Last I saw, It was only the
Communications server (doesn't have SSL).  I could be wrong though.

...alex...




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