Re: Feedback on DOMCryptInternalAPI

2012-04-20 Thread Justin Lebar
l MAC all encrypted messages and reject decryption with invalid MACs. On Sat, Apr 21, 2012 at 11:19 AM, David Dahl wrote: > - Original Message - >> From: "Justin Lebar" >> To: "David Dahl" >> Cc: dev-tech-crypto@lists.mozilla.org >> Sent: Fri

Re: Feedback on DOMCryptInternalAPI

2012-04-20 Thread Justin Lebar
ebAPI, however, for this internal API, I think we > should specify it. Do you mean s/this/the? If so, I totally agree. If not, I'm confused, because I thought I was looking at the web api. :) Thanks, David! -Justin -- dev-tech-crypto mailing list dev-tech-crypto@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-tech-crypto

Re: Feedback on DOMCryptInternalAPI

2012-04-20 Thread Justin Lebar
rithm, but otoh it's also nice to be able to say "hash this for me" without worrying about which algorithm(s) the browser supports. -Justin On Fri, Apr 20, 2012 at 6:10 AM, David Dahl wrote: > [Forgot to reply all] > > - Forwarded Message - > From: "David Dah

Re: How can I tell what key strength is used to negotiate HTTPS content encryption keys?

2009-08-20 Thread Justin wells
is unlikely anyone read this page" message that Firefox prints just after giving the content encryption strength. Justin On Aug 20, 6:02 am, Ian G wrote: > On 19/08/2009 20:30, Justin wells wrote: > > > Plainly the concern is that 256 bit AES does you no good if they AES > >

Re: How can I tell what key strength is used to negotiate HTTPS content encryption keys?

2009-08-20 Thread Justin wells
on when I click "more information" and look under "technical information" but I do not see anywhere details of the key negotiation that was performed at the TLS level. Justin On Aug 19, 6:38 pm, Nelson B Bolyard wrote: > On 2009-08-19 11:30 PDT, Justin wells wrote: > >

How can I tell what key strength is used to negotiate HTTPS content encryption keys?

2009-08-19 Thread Justin wells
gs (which I'd like to remain secret for a few more years) how do I check how secure the connection is? Thanks much for your kind replies! Justin -- dev-tech-crypto mailing list dev-tech-crypto@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-tech-crypto

Re: Master Password / personal data encryption

2009-08-16 Thread Justin Dolske
. But I'm now lost and can't find how the Master PWD is used to encrypt. See: http://mxr.mozilla.org/mozilla-central/source/security/manager/ssl/src/nsSDR.cpp and http://mxr.mozilla.org/mozilla-central/source/security/nss/lib/pk11wrap/pk11sdr.c Justin -- dev-tech-crypto mailing lis

Re: Proposal to split this list

2009-01-04 Thread Justin Dolske
licy.crypto (or mozilla.policy.trustanchors), instead of in the .dev hierarchy. Justin ___ dev-tech-crypto mailing list dev-tech-crypto@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-tech-crypto

Re: CABForum place in the world

2009-01-01 Thread Justin Dolske
On 1/1/09 6:44 PM, Kyle Hamilton wrote: If he's a security and user interface expert, why is the security UI so appallingly *bad*? *plonk* Justin ___ dev-tech-crypto mailing list dev-tech-crypto@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/lis

Re: Unbelievable!

2008-12-23 Thread Justin Dolske
On 12/23/08 12:20 PM, Justin Dolske wrote: That said, the Comodo/Certstar is hugely sucky and I would hope there's something we can do about it that helps users. I am just full of fail today: "... the Comodo/Comstar *incident* is hugely sucky ...

Re: Unbelievable!

2008-12-23 Thread Justin Dolske
On 12/23/08 12:12 PM, Justin Dolske wrote: On 12/23/08 11:27 AM, Kyle Hamilton wrote: I'd rather deal with disruption caused thereby (and, yes, the user complaints generated thereby -- at least then the end-user would KNOW that there's a problem that's being dealt with rathe

Re: Unbelievable!

2008-12-23 Thread Justin Dolske
On 12/23/08 11:27 AM, Kyle Hamilton wrote: I'd rather deal with disruption caused thereby (and, yes, the user complaints generated thereby -- at least then the end-user would KNOW that there's a problem that's being dealt with rather than having a FALSE SENSE OF SECURITY) Hmm, would they? _

Re: Dealing with third-party subordinates of T-Systems and others

2008-10-02 Thread Justin Dolske
or these 3rd party CAs to become operational in Mozilla products without going through the Mozilla approval process. It seems like a different degree or trust. Justin ___ dev-tech-crypto mailing list dev-tech-crypto@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-tech-crypto

Re: NSS support for RFC2898 / PBKDF2

2008-09-04 Thread Justin Dolske
Graham Leggett wrote: > ... Quick note: you might look at some of the Weave code, which is using PKCS#5. http://hg.mozilla.org/labs/weave/file/53e25c0c7e2e/src/WeaveCrypto.cpp#l462 Justin ___ dev-tech-crypto mailing list dev-tech-cry

Re: Using Crypto APIs from Add-on (in Javascript)

2008-08-29 Thread Justin Dolske
not a general-purpose crypto API, as it's tailored for Weave's usecase. Justin ___ dev-tech-crypto mailing list dev-tech-crypto@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-tech-crypto

Re: Deutsche Telekom/T-Systems CA request

2008-07-22 Thread Justin Dolske
/trust of 180+ million Firefox users is the important issue. It's unfortunate that it can take so long to process new requests, but neither should we hastily rush to rubberstamp anyone who knocks on the door. Justin ___ dev-tech-crypto mailing lis

Re: A general question about libnss3

2008-07-18 Thread Justin Dolske
Kai Engert wrote: > Ubuntu has apparently chosen to use non-standard library names, > therefore you can't use your binary produced on Ubuntu on a system that > uses standard library names. Similar problems have bitten Labs' Weave extension. See bugs 442679, 4427

Re: Modulus length (was Re: Draft CA information checklist)

2008-05-29 Thread Justin Dolske
s mitigate the impact of #3 on end-users, lest something force the issue sooner than desired. Justin ___ dev-tech-crypto mailing list dev-tech-crypto@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-tech-crypto

Re: Modulus length (was Re: Draft CA information checklist)

2008-05-29 Thread Justin Dolske
. So? While it might not improve security *immediately*, I don't see why a gradual transition to stricter requirements is a problem. Are you suggesting we're stuck with small keys forever, or that all CAs must switch simultaneously? Justin __

Re: problems building NSS 3.11.4 on Solaris

2008-02-22 Thread Justin
> /bin/sh: ../../../../dist/SunOS5.9_DBG.OBJ: cannot create permissions problem? Go into that directory and try to touch SunOS5.9_DBG.OBJ "Wan-Teh Chang" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > On Thu, Feb 21, 2008 at 4:42 PM, Gatfield, Geoffrey > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote

Re: Do I need to give NSS random data?

2007-09-13 Thread Justin Dolske
t for high value long-lived keys, we recommend getting more entropy. Perhaps the entropy gathering in NSS could be simplified now, since modern Unix (and Windows, I assume) platforms include this as part of the OS... Justin ___ dev-tech-crypt

Re: Link-fingerprints: weak unless link received securely

2007-06-24 Thread Justin Dolske
d delete the old one, or various other ways of shooting yourself in the foot. > I much more favor providing both the target file and a separate file > containing the hash, as is done on the Mozilla FTP site. And how do you verify the contents of the hash file? Another hash file? :) Justi

Re: Master Password method

2007-06-20 Thread Justin Dolske
er Password is something the user really ought to do themselves. Justin ___ dev-tech-crypto mailing list dev-tech-crypto@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-tech-crypto

Re: Sftp extension for Firefox

2007-02-27 Thread Justin Dolske
ld presume that adding it natively to Mozilla would thus be a lot of work. Justin ___ dev-tech-crypto mailing list dev-tech-crypto@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-tech-crypto

Re: [Fwd: Re: NSS Wiki / Developer Wiki]

2006-06-19 Thread Justin Wood (Callek)
the www- bonsai for changes, and be sure that any changes which should continue to stay be updated into the Wiki's version of that page. ~Justin Wood (Callek) ___ dev-tech-crypto mailing list dev-tech-crypto@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-tech-crypto

Changing user PIN with SSO

2006-03-10 Thread Nicolas Justin
() ? how ? Should I have to temporarly stop Mozilla to automatically open a session on inserted token ? how ? Or maybe I'm just going the wrong way :) Thanks in advance. -- Nicolas JUSTIN ___ dev-tech-crypto mailing list dev-tech-crypto@lists.mozilla.org