From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: =?utf-8?Q?=C3=93scar_Fuentes?= Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Network security manager Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2014 20:49:11 +0100 Message-ID: <87d28lppzc.fsf@wanadoo.es> References: <831tp1dd4g.fsf@gnu.org> <83zjbpabr5.fsf@gnu.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1416253801 29352 80.91.229.3 (17 Nov 2014 19:50:01 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2014 19:50:01 +0000 (UTC) To: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Nov 17 20:49:52 2014 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1XqSJ6-0002A9-60 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 17 Nov 2014 20:49:52 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:49946 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XqSJ5-0002FE-ST for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 17 Nov 2014 14:49:51 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:33016) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XqSIl-0002Ew-CD for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 17 Nov 2014 14:49:36 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XqSId-0006Xk-A1 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 17 Nov 2014 14:49:31 -0500 Original-Received: from plane.gmane.org ([80.91.229.3]:33761) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XqSId-0006Xc-43 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 17 Nov 2014 14:49:23 -0500 Original-Received: from list by plane.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1XqSIb-0001vJ-M7 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 17 Nov 2014 20:49:21 +0100 Original-Received: from 132.red-79-158-48.staticip.rima-tde.net ([79.158.48.132]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Mon, 17 Nov 2014 20:49:21 +0100 Original-Received: from ofv by 132.red-79-158-48.staticip.rima-tde.net with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Mon, 17 Nov 2014 20:49:21 +0100 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Original-Lines: 19 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: 132.red-79-158-48.staticip.rima-tde.net User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/25.0.50 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:3wnP9lwD5SKrPPivWqx6YrIdqnc= X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-Received-From: 80.91.229.3 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:177487 Archived-At: Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen writes: > Eli Zaretskii writes: > >>> The, er, network security. >"? Whether to connect to services that >>> have invalid TLS certificates and the like. >> >> So a user will have to arrange for certificate files on her machine, >> for this to work "properly"? If so, how much will Emacs help in this? > > No no. It's about confirming the validity of the peer you're talking > to. Haven't you ever been presented with the "This certificate is > invalid" screen in Firefox? Will this "security manager" be effective against this type of things? https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2014/11/starttls-downgrade-attacks (just asking)