Re: Accessing Secnews
On 02.07.2008 05:52, CET - what odd quirk of fate caused Jay Garcia to
generate the following:? :
> On 01.07.2008 19:38, Irwin Greenwald wrote:
>
> --- Original Message ---
>
>
>> On 7/1/2008 4:04 PM, Peter Potamus the Purple Hippo wrote:
>>
>>> Jay Garcia wrote:
>>>
>>>> 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")
>>>>
>>> I can access and post without the certificates
>>>
>>>
>> Same here.
>>
>>
>
> Same question I just asked Peter ... do you still have those two lines
> set to "true" in about:config ?
>
>
same here, as ol' man Dan.... settings as a year ago, never
deleted/removed the account (kept up the "ticking" on the [can't connect
to...] box.)
Old Faithful, that's me!
reg
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