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Old 04-01-2015, 07:10 AM   #1
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LXer: Firefox 37 Debuts With Opportunistic Encryption, Security Fixes


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"Opportunistic encryption is meant to improve the transport properties of legacy HTTP resources that would otherwise be carried in clear text," Patrick McManus, platform engineer at Mozilla, told eWEEK. "Any TLS [Transport Layer Security] certificate, including self-signed ones, may be used with opportunistic encryption because it does not enforce authentication. Servers must run either HTTP/2 or SPDY/3.1."

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Old 04-01-2015, 10:30 AM   #2
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Opportunistic encryption is an interesting addition. Read more about it:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opportunistic_encryption
https://threatpost.com/mozilla-adds-...efox-37/111935
 
  


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