"PGP-Scape"? (was Re: Our "New Order")

Jeff Weinstein jsw at netscape.com
Tue Feb 6 14:58:39 PST 1996


Deranged Mutant wrote:
> 
> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
> 
> cp at proust.suba.com (Alex Strasheim) wrote:
> >> There's also less worry about secure transactions, since if
> >> everything's encrypted it's harder to tell if a transaction is taking
> >> place, viewing porno or subversive or religious, literature,  or if
> >> you're just reading something mundane.
> >
> >I think I must be missing something here.  Aren't you describing an SSL
> >web server?  Different algorithms, but basically the same idea?
> 
> No. SSL doesn't encrypt everything, just certain transactions (or am I
> wrong about this?)  Something that keeps everything encrypted and
> anonymous.

  SSL encrypts everything passed over the connection.  When running HTTP
over SSL that includes the URL being accessed, username and password for
HTTP auth, and cookies.

> >Netscape 2.0 is out for real -- everyone can now pick their certs.  GAK
> >just got harder.
> 
> As opposed to the imaginary beta?

  The beta will expire in a few months.  The final release will not expire.

	--Jeff

-- 
Jeff Weinstein - Electronic Munitions Specialist
Netscape Communication Corporation
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