Accessing Secnews
Ok, seems like the certificate authority isn't recognized by the old
secnews software.
Here are the instructions from Venkat (AOL Guru):
This is a test posting to netscape.mozilla.thunderbird newsgroup using
secnews.netscape.com (SSL port 563). Let us see if this works.
The new SSL server cert that has been installed on secnews.netscape.com
news server has been issued by "AOL Member CA" and is valid from Jun 29,
2008 to Jun 29, 2010.
You might have to install the following 2 certificates in your browser
(NNTP client) in order to be able to access secnews.netscape.com on SSL
port 563:
https://pki-info.aol.com/AOLMSPKI/AOL_Member_CA.der
https://pki-info.aol.com/AOL/AmericaOnline1.der
Once you click on each one of the .der files above, you will see a
"Downloading Certificate" prompt, where you'll have to select/check the
option "Trust this CA to identify web sites" and install the certificate.
When accessing the newsgroups on secnews.netscape.com, if you get an
error as follows:
Thunderbird/Seamonkey can't connect securely to secnews.netscape.com
because the site uses a security protocol which isn't enabled.
Then, solution is to edit the configuration ("about:config" in the
location/address bar in Seamonkey or
Tools->Options->Advanced->General->Config Editor in Thunderbird) and enable:
1) "security.ssl3.rsa_rc4_40_md5" (change to "True")
2) "security.enable_ssl2" (change to "True")
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Jay Garcia Netscape Champion
UFAQ - http://www.UFAQ.org
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