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> Subject:  Re: Updated build instructions / release notes
> From:     IT Professional <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Date:     Thu, 12 Oct 2006 00:18:11 -0700 (PDT)
> To:       dev-tech-crypto@lists.mozilla.org
> 
> Hi,
> I've download Firefox 2 Release 2 but am still getting the error 'Firefox
> can't connect securely to localhost because the site uses a security 
> protocol which isn't enabled'.
> Does that mean I need to download NSS 3.11.3 (together with NSPR 4.6.3) and
> compile it with Firefox latest source code?
> Is there already a Firefox (or any other browser) version that currently
> supports ECC?
> JFYI, I've generated ecc certs with secp160r1 and secp256k1 using openssl
> 0.9.8b, running on Apache 2.2 on Win2K.
>  
> Thanks in advance!

FireFox 2 supports only 3 ECC curves:  NIST-P256, NIST-P384, NIST-P521,
the same 3 curves supported by Vista.

If your server sends FF2 a certificate or public key from any other curve,
the TLS handshake will fail.

-- 
Nelson B
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