Re: About 's future...

2015-09-17 Thread helpcrypto helpcrypto
On Thu, Sep 17, 2015 at 8:59 PM, Rob Stradling wrote: > The existence of this bug... > > https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1191414 > "gather telemetry on usage of " > > ...would seem to suggest that Mozilla "haven't decided anything yet". > IMHO that's not a good approach. A coomon us

About 's future...

2015-09-17 Thread helpcrypto helpcrypto
Hi all As previously raised on this list, there's a open wardiscussion about removing [1] Some people, like Sir Tim Berners-Lee doesn't seem to agree with that, hence another thread is taking place at [2] For Google, it seems the decision has been made, nothing is going to change, and could d

Re: Smart Card and WebCrypto (Re: On the future of and application/x-x509-*-cert MIME handling)

2015-08-31 Thread helpcrypto helpcrypto
On Sun, Aug 30, 2015 at 12:10 PM, Anne van Kesteren wrote: > it seems they're not using either, so that solution was probably > not sufficient either way. > At least in Spain, is the only way to generate a key pair inside smartcard (using Firefox) before sending PKCS#10 to CA. Then, you go to

Re: On the future of and application/x-x509-*-cert MIME handling

2015-08-28 Thread helpcrypto helpcrypto
So...may I know if a decision was made? element is marked as deprecated on MDN, and as stated by rsleevi, Chrome seems will drop it. Will Mozilla do the same? Do you have a roadmap/date for such change? It's going to be supported "by now" until next call? Please, consider we are *that little per

Re: On the future of and application/x-x509-*-cert MIME handling

2015-08-20 Thread helpcrypto helpcrypto
Hi In our case, we use to generate a keypair on our SSCD (smartcard) using Firefox, cause -with the PKCS#11 module configured-, it asks where to store the keys, so the user select CARD. Using Webcrypto or other JS stuff I wont be able to populate my smartcards, so -IMHO- you should keep it as lo

Re: Please help test the new NPAPI plugin sandbox on Windows

2015-01-26 Thread helpcrypto helpcrypto
including Java. I didn't mention the "default" pref because > we wanted people to focus their testing on Flash, but if you find any Java > crashes or bugs with the "default" pref, please let us know! > > thanks, > chris > > > > On 1/26/15 12:35

Re: Please help test the new NPAPI plugin sandbox on Windows

2015-01-26 Thread helpcrypto helpcrypto
Do any of these affect NPAPI Java behaviour somehow? (ie: can it break applet running or privileges?) Thanks. On Sat, Jan 24, 2015 at 9:55 AM, Chris Peterson wrote: > Bob Owen just landed a basic sandbox for Firefox's NPAPI plugin container > (bug 1123245) in Nightly 38. This NPAPI sandbox is o

Re: JS-Ctype IRC Room

2015-01-20 Thread helpcrypto helpcrypto
Is there a maillist for jsctypes? Wouldn't that be better than an irc channel? On Tue, Jan 20, 2015 at 5:39 AM, Philip Chee wrote: > On 20/01/2015 07:21, noitid...@gmail.com wrote: > > New irc room we're trying to establish. #jsctypes > > > > > https://client00.chat.mibbit.com/?url=irc%3A%2F%2F

Re: WebCrypto for http:// origins

2014-09-11 Thread helpcrypto helpcrypto
On Thu, Sep 11, 2014 at 6:58 PM, Adam Roach wrote: > When you force people into an "all or nothing" situation regarding > security, > Nature finds his own way: As nothing was invented for doing Javscript Cryptography, someone started using Java Applets. Java applets are much more insecure than t

Re: Intent to ship: WebCrypto API

2014-09-09 Thread helpcrypto helpcrypto
Thanks for your answers, Tim. On Tue, Sep 9, 2014 at 12:38 PM, Tim Taubert wrote: > helpcrypto helpcrypto wrote: > > I'll love to know if Mozilla/Firefox is going to provide something (even > > out-of-standard) to make possible using PKCS#11/NSS with Webcrypto. > > T

Re: Intent to ship: WebCrypto API

2014-09-03 Thread helpcrypto helpcrypto
I'll love to know if Mozilla/Firefox is going to provide something (even out-of-standard) to make possible using PKCS#11/NSS with Webcrypto. This will fill the gap that currently exist with hardware token support (which, is going to be discussed nexr 10th September) Regards. __

Re: Plug-in feature not available in the web platform. Alternatives?

2013-12-04 Thread helpcrypto helpcrypto
Sorry to appear so late, busy weeks!. On Mon, Dec 2, 2013 at 9:27 AM, fma spew wrote: > 1) WebCrypto does not initially plan support for making end-user > certificates available. > W3C WG divided this on 2 specs: Webcrypto and Key Discovery. Webcrypto is about operations like sign(), cypher()..

Re: Plug-in feature not available in the web platform. Alternatives?

2013-11-13 Thread helpcrypto helpcrypto
Hi. My two cents. On Sat, Nov 9, 2013 at 5:13 PM, Benjamin Smedberg wrote: > On 11/8/2013 4:33 AM, fma spew wrote: > >> We have a npapi-npruntime plug-in that access the Windows certificate >> store >> via CAPI to provide the end-user with its personal certificates to perform >> different operat

Re: Supporting the Windows Certificate Store

2013-03-06 Thread helpcrypto helpcrypto
Just for confirmation: Is Mozilla point to implement MSCAPI access trough a PKCS#11 module? (http://mxr.mozilla.org/security/source/security/nss/lib/ckfw/capi/) or Is mozilla point to integrate with MSCAPI (transparently)? Just to know which answer give next time this topic raises. On Wed, Mar

Re: How to automatically register a PKCS#11 module into firefox?

2013-02-25 Thread helpcrypto helpcrypto
Have you considered browser's addmodule js function? https://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/JavaScript_crypto#Loading_PKCS_.2311_modules On Mon, Feb 25, 2013 at 12:26 PM, wrote: > Hi, > I have a pkcs#11 dll library and want it to register it in the firefox > browser using a MSI setup. > I chec

Re: Let's never, ever, shut down NSS -- even in debug builds

2013-01-29 Thread helpcrypto helpcrypto
After reading bsmith message i have two questions coming to my mind... In normal usage, cert8/key3/secmod (some may apply) are rewrited on firefox close. Is this really necessary? > But, AFAICT, it is OK to do I/O during shutdown as long as you don't care > whether you get interrupted or not. D