kopete irc-slave (Was: KSSL session reuse bugs)

[Jason Keirstead]

On October 22, 2003 05:34 pm, George Staikos wrote:
> On Wednesday 22 October 2003 16:18, Jason Keirstead wrote:
> > Indeed it isn't, there is a constant socket between the two devices, not
> > requests. And no don't have support for certificates or anything at all.
> >
> > Basically it has the same capabilities as XChats SSL support. Ie, it
> > connects securely, and can optionally verify the remote host certificate.
>
>   That is a false statement.  You don't have a secure connection until the
> certificate is verified, no matter how strong the cipher is.

Some people don't care if the connection is *really secure*, they just want the
ability to connect to SSL IRC servers. And they don't want to waste the time verifying
the certificate / having dialogs pop up. Hence the option.


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