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diff --git a/l10n-an/suite/chrome/common/help/ssl_help.xhtml b/l10n-an/suite/chrome/common/help/ssl_help.xhtml new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..ffd9c53d56 --- /dev/null +++ b/l10n-an/suite/chrome/common/help/ssl_help.xhtml @@ -0,0 +1,218 @@ +<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> +<!-- This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public + - License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this + - file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/. --> + + +<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.1//EN" + "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml11/DTD/xhtml11.dtd"[ + <!ENTITY % brandDTD SYSTEM "chrome://branding/locale/brand.dtd" > + %brandDTD; +]> + +<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> +<head> +<title>SSL Settings</title> +<link rel="stylesheet" href="helpFileLayout.css" + type="text/css"/> +</head> +<body> + +<h1 id="ssl_settings">SSL Settings</h1> + +<p>This section describes how to set your SSL preferences.</p> + +<div class="contentsBox">In this section: + <ul> + <li><a href="#privacy_and_security_preferences_ssl">Privacy & Security + Preferences - SSL</a></li> + </ul> +</div> + +<h2 id="privacy_and_security_preferences_ssl">Privacy & Security + Preferences - SSL</h2> + +<p>This section describes how to use the SSL preferences panel. If you are not + already viewing the panel, follow these steps:</p> + +<ol> + <li>Open the <span class="mac">&brandShortName;</span> + <span class="noMac">Edit</span> menu and choose Preferences.</li> + <li>Under the Privacy & Security category, click SSL. (If no + subcategories are visible, double-click Privacy & Security to expand + the list.)</li> +</ol> + +<h3 id="ssl_protocol_versions">SSL Protocol Versions</h3> + +<p>The <a href="glossary.xhtml#ssl">Secure Sockets Layer (SSL)</a> protocol + defines rules governing mutual authentication between a website and browser + software and the encryption of information that flows between them. It is + also used for secure communication in various other protocols, e.g., for + protection of sensitive information exchanged with email, calendar, or + directory servers. The newer Transport Layer Security (TLS) protocol is an + IETF standard based on SSL but with its own version numbering. TLS 1.0 can + be thought of as SSL 3.1, TLS 1.1 is in turn an update to TLS 1.0, etc. Newer + protocols are preferred over older ones as they provide better security and + more features. Older protocols are supported to ensure compatibility.</p> + +<p>By default, &brandShortName; will select the most secure version which is + widely supported to connect to the server. If that attempt doesn't + succeed, it will try to connect with the next older version, etc., to the + extent allowed by the settings in this panel. The connection will fail if no + protocol supported by both sides is found. You can exclude older versions + explicitly or allow newer versions which may not be widely supported yet + with the following options:</p> + +<ul> + <li><strong>Enable</strong>: Check the <strong>SSL 3.0</strong>, <strong>TLS + 1.0</strong>, <strong>TLS 1.1</strong>, and/or <strong>TLS 1.2</strong> + boxes to indicate which protocol versions can be used for a secure + connection to a server.</li> +</ul> + +<p><strong>Notes</strong>:</p> + +<ul> + <li>At least one protocol version must be selected, thus it is not possible + to uncheck the last remaining box.</li> + <li>Also, the selection must be contiguous. It is not possible to select both + SSL 3.0 and TLS 1.1 but to exclude the intermediate TLS 1.0 version.</li> + <li>You can extend the range by multiple versions. For example, if only SSL + 3.0 is currently checked and you select TLS 1.2, the TLS 1.0 and TLS 1.1 + versions are automatically selected as well.</li> + <li>Checkboxes may appear checked but grayed out if you cannot uncheck them + without violating these rules. Uncheck the outermost boxes to regain + access to an enclosed intermediate version.</li> +</ul> + +<h3 id="ssl_warnings">SSL Warnings</h3> + +<p>It's easy to tell when the website you are viewing is using an encrypted + connection. If the connection is encrypted, the lock icon in the lower-right + corner of the browser window is locked + (<img src="chrome://communicator/skin/icons/lock-secure.png"/>). If the + connection is not encrypted, the lock icon is unlocked + (<img src="chrome://communicator/skin/icons/lock-insecure.png"/>). Encrypted + pages which contain some unencrypted items (mixed content) are shown with a + broken-lock icon + (<img src="chrome://communicator/skin/icons/lock-broken.png"/>).</p> + +<p>If you want additional warnings, you can select one or more of the warning + checkboxes in the SSL preferences panel. Unless stated otherwise, a + notification bar will be presented at the top of the page triggering the + alert, with an option to enter this panel to change the option if the alert + is considered annoying.</p> + +<p>To activate any of these warnings, select the corresponding checkbox:</p> + +<ul> + <li><strong>Loading a page that supports encryption</strong>: Select this + warning if you want to be reminded whenever you are loading a page that + supports encryption.</li> + <li><strong>Leaving a page that supports encryption</strong>: Select this + warning if you want to be reminded whenever you are leaving a page that + supports encryption for one that does not.</li> + <li><strong>Sending form data from an unencrypted page to an unencrypted + page</strong>: Select this warning if you want to be alerted whenever you + are submitting data over an unencrypted connection. When this option is + selected, a dialog box will be presented to the user <em>before</em> the + page is actually opened, which allows the loading of the page to be + canceled before any potentially sensitive information is sent over an + unencrypted connection that can easily be intercepted by others. + + <p><strong>Note</strong>: Submitting a form from an encrypted to an + unencrypted page will always prompt a dialog prior to opening the page, + regardless of this setting.</p> + </li> +</ul> + +<h3 id="mixed_content">Mixed Content</h3> + +<p>In general, there are two major issues related to transmitting sensitive + information over an unencrypted connection: One is the danger of someone + eavesdropping on the line, thus listening to the content transmitted; the + other of someone intercepting requests for the desired page and replacing + the legitimate content of that page with own (potentially malicious) + content. While so-called <q>Man In The Middle</q> attacks can usually be + detected in encrypted connections (e.g., by a certificate mismatch or an + invalid certificate presented by the interceptor), no such verification + exists for unencrypted connections.</p> + +<p>The term <q>Mixed Content</q> refers to a web page which itself is + encrypted, but which includes content on the same or a different server + which is <em>not</em> encrypted. Consequently, this part of the page is + still subject to the vulnerabilities of an unencrypted line. While there + are legitimate uses of that concept (such as including a company logo from + a different insecure website into an otherwise secure page), such designs + should be avoided.</p> + +<p>There are two general types of mixed content:</p> + +<ul> + <li><strong>Mixed Active Content</strong> (or Mixed Script Content): This + is content which has the potential to hide or modify parts of a web page, + or to actively leak content from the secure part of the page to its + insecure part. Examples include scripts (JavaScript), style sheets (CSS), + or the embedding of entire web pages into the main web page (iframes).</li> + <li><strong>Mixed Passive Content</strong> (or Mixed Display Content): + This type of content does <em>not</em> have the potential to alter or + monitor the web page as such. Examples include images and audio or video + streams. It is however possible that sensitive information is passed as + an encoding of the content's location (URL), as cookies, or returned + with the content itself (e.g., as text included in an image). Thus, passive + content isn't entirely harmless either.</li> +</ul> + +<p>The following options allow you to be warned about and/or to block both + mixed active and mixed passive content:</p> + +<ul> + <li><strong>Warn me when encrypted pages contain insecure content</strong>: + Check this to instruct &brandShortName; to present a notification bar when + mixed <em>active</em> content was loaded or blocked. The notification bar + contains a button to open this preference panel.</li> + <li><strong>Don't load insecure content on encrypted pages</strong>: + Check this to prevent mixed active content from being loaded at all but + to be blocked. If also the <q>Warn me</q> option is checked, the + notification bar will contain two additional buttons: + <ul> + <li><strong>Keep Blocking</strong>: Dismiss the notification bar without + loading the potentially insecure content.</li> + <li><strong>Unblock</strong>: + Load the potentially insecure content <em>once</em> but not + automatically when this page is visited again in the future.</li> + </ul> + </li> + <li><strong>Warn me when encrypted pages contain other types of mixed + content</strong>: Check this to instruct &brandShortName; to present a + notification bar when mixed <em>passive</em> content was loaded or blocked. + The notification bar contains a button to open this preference panel.</li> + <li><strong>Don't load other types of mixed content on encrypted + pages</strong>: Check this to prevent mixed passive content from being + loaded at all but to be blocked. If also the <q>Warn me</q> option is + checked, a notification is presented that such content was blocked.</li> +</ul> + +<p>For short definitions, click + <a href="glossary.xhtml#authentication">authentication</a>, + <a href="glossary.xhtml#encryption">encryption</a>, or + <a href="glossary.xhtml#certificate">certificate</a>.</p> + +<p>For more information about ciphers and encryption, see the following online + documents:</p> + +<ul> + <li> + <a href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Introduction_to_Public-Key_Cryptography">Introduction + to Public-Key Cryptography</a></li> + <li> + <a href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Introduction_to_SSL">Introduction + to SSL</a></li> + <li> + <a href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/NSS">Technologies + Available in the Network Security Services (NSS)</a>.</li> +</ul> + +</body> +</html> |