help content updates per b=85925, PDT approved, r=oeschge, a=asa

suite/locales/en-US/chrome/common/help/certs_help.xhtml

@@ -38,23 +38,23 @@
 <a NAME="My_Certificates"></a>
 <h2>Your Certificates</h2>
 
-<p>The Your Certificates tab in the Certificate Manager allows you to examine and work with the certificates you have on file that identify you, and to set related security passwords. To select a certificate, click its name. To select more than one certificate, hold down the Control key and click the names of those you want to select. 
+<p>The Your Certificates tab in the Certificate Manager allows you to examine and work with the certificates you have on file that identify you. To select a certificate, click its name. To select more than one certificate, hold down the Control key and click the names of those you want to select. 
 
-<p>To perform any of the actions listed here, select the certificates on which you want to act and follow these instructions:
+<p>To perform these actions, select the certificates on which you want to act and click one of these buttons:
 <UL>
-  <LI>To examine the selected certificates, click View.</LI>
-  <LI>To initiate the process of backing up the selected certificates, click Backup. A window appears that allows you to choose a password to protect the backup. You can then save the backup in a directory of your choice.</LI>
-  <LI>To delete the selected certificate, click Delete.</LI>
+  <LI><b>View.</b> Display detailed information about the selected certificates.</LI>
+  <LI><b>Backup.</b> Initiate the process of backing up the selected certificates. A window appears that allows you to choose a password to protect the backup. You can then save the backup in a directory of your choice.</LI>
+  <LI><b>Delete.</b> Delete the selected certificates.</LI>
 </UL>
 
-<P>The following actions don't require a certificate to be selected first:</P>
+<P>These actions do not require a certificate to be selected:</P>
 <UL>
 
-  <LI>To restore a certificate that was previously backed up, click Restore. When you click Restore, the browser first asks you to locate the file that contains the backup. The names of certificate backup files typically end in <tt>.p12</tt>; for example, <tt>MyCert.p12</tt>. After you select the file to be restored, the browser asks you to enter the portable security password that was set when the certificate was backed up.</LI>
+  <LI><b>Restore.</b> Restore a file containing one or more certificates that were previously backed up. When you click Restore, Certificate Manager first asks you to locate the file that contains the backup. The names of certificate backup files typically end in <tt>.p12</tt>; for example, <tt>MyCert.p12</tt>. After you select the file to be restored, Certificate Manager asks you to enter the password that you set when you backed up the certificate.</LI>
 
-  <LI>To initiate the process of backing up all the certificates stored on the software security device used by the browser, click Backup All. 
+  <LI><b>Backup All.</b> Initiate the process of backing up all the certificates stored in the <a href="glossary.html#software_security_device">software security device</a>. 
 
-		<p><b>Back up smart card certificates one at a time:</b> Certificates stored on any other security device, such as a smart card in a smart card reader attached to your computer, will not be backed up by the Backup All button. To back up such certificates, select them individually, then click Backup.</UL>
+		<p><b>Back up smart card certificates one at a time.</b> Certificates stored anywhere other than the software security device, such as on a smart card in a smart card reader attached to your computer, will not be backed up by the Backup All button. To back up such certificates, select them individually, then click Backup.</UL>
   
 </UL>
 
@@ -72,7 +72,9 @@
 
 <p><b>Choose a good password:</b> If someone obtains the file containing a certificate that you have backed up and successfully restores the certificate, that person can send messages or access web sites while pretending to be you. This can have negative consequences, for example, if you digitally sign important email messages or manage your bank or investment accounts over the Internet. 
 
-<p>Therefore, it's important to select a certificate backup password that is difficult to guess. For guidelines, see the online document <a href="http://home.netscape.com/security/basics/passwords.html"  TARGET="_blank">Choosing a Good Password</a>. It's also important to record the password in a safe place—and not anywhere that's easily accessible to someone else. If you forget this password, you can't restore the backup of your certificate.</p>
+<p>Therefore, it's important to select a certificate backup password that is difficult to guess. The <b>password quality meter</b> gives you a rough idea of the quality of your password as you type it based on factors such as length and the use of uppercase letters, lowercase letters, numbers, and symbols. <p>For further guidelines, see the online document <a href="http://home.netscape.com/security/basics/passwords.html"  TARGET="_blank">Choosing a Good Password</a>. 
+
+<p>It's also important to record the password in a safe place—and not anywhere that's easily accessible to someone else. If you forget this password, you can't restore the backup of your certificate.</p>
 
 <p>
 [&nbsp;<A HREF="#certs_first">Return to beginning of Certificate Manager section</A>&nbsp;]
@@ -80,9 +82,18 @@
 
 <p>&nbsp;</p>
 <a NAME="Delete_My_Certificate"></a>
-<h3>Delete Your Certificate</h3>
+<h3>Delete Certificate</h3>
+
+<P>Before deleting any certificate—even one that has expired—make sure that you won't need it again some day. For example:
+<ul>
+	<li>Before deleting one of your own expired certificates, make sure you won't need it again for reading old email messages that you may have encrypted with the corresponding private key. 
+
+<li>Before deleting a web site certificate, make sure that you won't need it again for the purposes of identifying a web site and setting up an encrypted connection.
+
+<li>Before deleting a CA certificate, make sure that you won't need it again to validate certificates issued by that CA. If you delete the only valid certificate you have for a CA, Certificate Manager will no longer trust any certificates issued by that CA. 
+</ul>
+
 
-<P>Before deleting any of your own certificates—even one that has expired—make sure that you won't need it again some day. For example, you can use your own expired certificate for reading old email messages that you may have encrypted with the corresponding private key.
 </P>
 
 <p>
@@ -93,31 +104,35 @@
 <a NAME="Web_Site_Certificates"></a>
 <h2>Web Site Certificates</h2>
 
-<p>The Web Site Certificates tab in the Certificate Manager allows you to examine and work with the certificates you have on file that identify web sites.
+<p>The Web Sites tab in the Certificate Manager allows you to examine and work with the certificates you have on file that identify web sites.
 
-<p>To perform any of the actions listed here, select the certificate on which you want to act from the list of web site certificates, then follow these instructions:
+<p>To perform these actions, select the certificates on which you want to act and click one of these buttons:
 
 <ul>
-	<li>To examine the selected certificate, click View.
+	<li><b>View.</b> Display detailed information about the selected certificates.
 
-	<li>To change the trust settings that Certificate Manager associates with the selected certificate, click Edit. You can use these settings to designate a web site certificate as one that you trust or don't trust for identification purposes.
+	<li><b>Edit.</b> View or change the trust settings that Certificate Manager associates with the selected certificates. You can use these settings to designate a web site certificate as one that you trust or don't trust for identification purposes.
 
-	<li>To delete the selected certificate, click Delete.
+	<li><b>Delete.</b> Delete the selected certificates.
 </ul>
 
 <p>&nbsp;</p>
 <a NAME="Edit_Web_Site_Certificate_Settings"></a>
 <h3>Edit Web Site Certificate Settings</h3>
  
-<p>When you select a web site certificate and click Edit, you see a window titled Edit Certificate Settings. Here you specify whether you want to trust the selected certificate for identifying the web site and setting up an encrypted connection with it.
+<p>When you select a web site certificate and click Edit, you see a window titled Edit Certificate Trust. Here you specify whether you want to trust the selected certificate for identifying the web site and setting up an encrypted connection with it.
 
-<p>If you select "Do not trust the authenticity of this certificate" and click OK, Certificate Manager will no longer trust this certificate for the purposes of identifying this web site or setting up an encrypted connection. If you select this setting and then attempt to visit the web site, you will see one or more warning messages before you can access the site.
+<p>The radio buttons have the following effects:
 
-<p>If you select "Trust the authenticity of this certificate" and click OK, Certificate Manager will henceforth trust this certificate for the purposes of identifying this web site or setting up an encrypted connection. If you select this setting and then attempt to visit the web site, your browser will access the site with few, if any, warnings.
+<ul>
 
-<p>In addition to specifying these settings for the certificate shown, you can specify trust settings for the certificate authority (CA) that issued the certificate—that is, you can choose to trust or not to trust different kinds of certificates issued by that certificate authority. For example, you can choose not to trust any web site certificates issued by that certificate authority.
+	<li><b>Do not trust the authenticity of this certificate.</b> Certificate Manager will no longer trust this certificate for the purposes of identifying this web site or setting up an encrypted connection. If you select this setting and then attempt to visit the web site, you will see one or more warning messages before you can access the site.
 
-<p>To edit the certificate settings for the certificate authority that issued the certificate described in the Edit Certificate Settings window, click the Edit button.
+	<li><b>Trust the authenticity of this certificate.</b> Certificate Manager will henceforth trust this certificate for the purposes of identifying this web site or setting up an encrypted connection. If you select this setting and then attempt to visit the web site, your browser will access the site with few, if any, warnings.
+
+</ul>
+
+<p>Click OK to implement your choice.
 
 <p>
 [&nbsp;<A HREF="#certs_first">Return to beginning of Certificate Manager section</A>&nbsp;]
@@ -140,26 +155,29 @@
 
 <p>The Authorities tab in the Certificate Manager allows you to examine and work with the certificates you have on file that identify certificate authorities (CAs).
 
-<p>To perform any of the actions listed here, select the certificate on which you want to act from the list of CA certificates and then follow the instructions:
+<p>To perform these actions, select the certificates on which you want to act and click one of these buttons:
 <ul>
-	<li>To examine the CA certificate, click View.
+	<li><b>View.</b> Display detailed information about the selected certificates.
 
-	<li>To check the settings that Certificate Manager associates with the CA certificate, click Edit. You can use these settings to specify the certificate authority identified by that certificate as one that you trust or don't trust.
+	<li><b>Edit.</b> View or change the settings that Certificate Manager associates with the selected  certificates. You can use these settings to designate what kinds of certificates, if any, you trust that are issued by the corresponding CAs.
 
-	<li>To delete a certificate, click Delete.
+	<li><b>Delete.</b> Delete the selected certificates.
 </ul>
  
 <p>&nbsp;</p>
 <a NAME="Edit_CA_Certificate_Settings"></a>
 <h3>Edit CA Certificate Settings</h3>
 
-<p>When you select a CA certificate and click Edit, you see a window titled Edit Security Certificate Settings. Here you specify the kinds of certificates you trust this CA to certify. If you deselect all the checkboxes, Certificate Manager will not trust any certificates issued by this CA.
+<p>When you select a CA certificate and click Edit, you see a window titled Edit Certificate Trust. Here you specify the kinds of certificates you trust this CA to certify. If you deselect all the checkboxes, Certificate Manager will not trust any certificates issued by this CA.
 
-<p>If you select "This CA can identify web sites," Certificate Manager will trust certificates issued by this CA for purposes of identifying web sites and encrypting web site connections. If you deselect this checkbox, Certificate Manager will not trust web site certificates issued by this CA.
+<p>The settings have these effects:
+<ul>
+<li><b>This certificate can identify web sites.</b> Certificate Manager will trust certificates issued by this CA for purposes of identifying web sites and encrypting web site connections. If you deselect this checkbox, Certificate Manager will not trust web site certificates issued by this CA.
 
-<p>If you select "This CA can identify mail users," Certificate Manager will trust certificates issued by this CA for purposes of signing or encrypting email. If you deselect this checkbox, Certificate Manager will not trust email certificates issued by this CA.
+<li><b>This certificate can identify mail users.</b> Certificate Manager will trust certificates issued by this CA for purposes of signing or encrypting email. If you deselect this checkbox, Certificate Manager will not trust email certificates issued by this CA.
 
-<p>If you select "This CA can identify software makers," Certificate Manager will trust certificates issued by this CA for the purpose of identifying software makers. If you deselect this checkbox, Certificate Manager will not trust such certificates issued by this CA.
+<li><b>This certificate can identify software makers.</b> Certificate Manager will trust certificates issued by this CA for the purpose of identifying software makers. If you deselect this checkbox, Certificate Manager will not trust such certificates issued by this CA.
+</ul>
 
 <p>Click OK to implement the settings you have selected.
 
@@ -198,8 +216,8 @@
 <p>When you select a module or device, information about the selected item appears in the middle of the window, and some of the buttons on the right side of the window become available. In general, you perform an action on a module or device by selecting its name and clicking the appropriate button. For example:
 
 <ul>
-	<li>If you select the Software Security Device, you can click Login or Logout to log in or out of the device, or click Change Password to change the master password for the device.
-	<li>If you select the name of a PKCS #11 module, you can unload the module by clicking Unload. (If you unload a module, both the module and its security devices are no longer available for use by the browser.)
+	<li>If you select the Software Security Device, you can click Login or Logout to log in or out of the device, or Change Password to change its master password.
+	<li>If you select the name of a PKCS #11 module, you can click Unload to disengage the module. (If you unload a module, both the module and its security devices are no longer available for use by the browser.)
 </ul>
 
 <p>To add a new module, click Load. Before adding a new module, you should first install the module software on your computer and if necessary connect any associated hardware device. Follow the instructions provided by the vendor.  
@@ -213,7 +231,7 @@ mode and back again. For more information, see <a href="using_certs_help.html#us
   
 
 <hr>
-<p><i>6/14/2001</i></p>
+<p><i>6/27/2001</i></p>
 <p>Copyright &copy; 1994-2001 Netscape Communications Corporation.</p>
 
 </body>

suite/locales/en-US/chrome/common/help/passwords_help.xhtml

@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@
 
 <p>If someone uses your computer who knows or can guess the master password for the software security device, that person may be able to access web sites while pretending to be you. This can be dangerous&#151;for example, if you manage your financial accounts over the Internet. 
 
-<p>Therefore, it's important to select a master password that's difficult to guess. For guidelines, see the online document <a href="http://home.netscape.com/security/basics/passwords.html" TARGET="_blank">Choosing a Good Password</a>. 
+<p>Therefore, it's important to select a master password that's difficult to guess. The <b>password quality meter</b> gives you a rough idea of the quality of your password as you type it based on factors such as length and the use of uppercase letters, lowercase letters, numbers, and symbols. For further guidelines, see the online document <a href="http://home.netscape.com/security/basics/passwords.html" TARGET="_blank">Choosing a Good Password</a>. 
 
 <p>It's also important to record your master password in a safe place&#151;and<I> not </I>anywhere that's easily accessible to someone else. If you forget this password, you may not be able to access important information, such as web sites that require passwords or certificates stored on your computer. </P>
 
@@ -96,11 +96,15 @@
 <p>If you are using personal certificates, you can control how often the browser requests your master password. Here are some things you should consider when selecting these options:
 
 <ul>
-	<LI><B>The first time your personal certificate is requested.</B> If you work in an office with strong physical security measures or if you feel that the consequences of somebody else using your computer to impersonate you are not extreme, click this radio button. This setting causes Certificate Manager to request your master password only the first time a browser needs access to the private key database after launching. Certificate Manager will not request it again until after you exit and relaunch your browser. This setting provides the lowest level of protection.
+	<LI><B>The first time it is needed.</B> If you work in an office with strong physical security measures or if you feel that the consequences of somebody else using your computer to impersonate you are not extreme, click this radio button. This setting causes Certificate Manager to request your master password only the first time it needs access to the private key database after launching. Certificate Manager will not request the master password again until after you exit and relaunch the browser. This setting provides the lowest level of protection.
 
-	<LI><B>Every time your personal certificate is requested.</B> If you are very concerned about the possibility that somebody else might be able to use your computer to impersonate you, click this radio button. This setting ensures that Certificate Manager will never access the private key database without first requesting your master password. This setting provides the highest level of protection.
+	<LI><B>Every time it is needed.</B> If you are very concerned about the possibility that somebody else might be able to use your computer to impersonate you, click this radio button. This setting ensures that Certificate Manager will never access the private key database without first requesting your master password. This setting provides the highest level of protection.
 
-	<LI><B>After inactivity on an encrypted site for </B><I>blank</I><B> minutes.</B> If you are somewhat concerned about the possibility that somebody else might be able to use your computer to impersonate you, but not enough to type in your master password at frequent intervals, click this radio button and fill in the box with a value you feel comfortable with (for best protection, this should be a fairly low number of minutes, such as 20). This setting is appropriate if you sometimes send or receive confidential information to or from web sites that support encryption. <B>Note that this setting provides little protection against someone using your computer to send a signed email message in your name. </B>
+	<LI><B>If it has not been used for </B><I>blank</I><B> minutes or longer.</B> If you are somewhat concerned about the possibility that somebody else might be able to use your computer to impersonate you, but not enough to type in your master password at frequent intervals, click this radio button and fill in the box with a value you feel comfortable with. For best protection, this should be a fairly low number of minutes, such as 20. 
+
+<p>This setting causes Certificate Manager to request your master password if it needs to access the private key database and the specified interval has elapsed since the last time it used the database. This setting is appropriate if you sometimes send or receive confidential information to or from web sites that support encryption. 
+
+<p><B>Note that this setting provides little protection against someone using your computer to send a signed email message in your name. </B>
 
 </ul>
 
@@ -113,7 +117,7 @@
 
 
 <hr>
-<p><i>6/19/2001</i></p>
+<p><i>6/27/2001</i></p>
 <p>Copyright &copy; 1994-2001 Netscape Communications Corporation.</p>
 
 </body>

suite/locales/en-US/chrome/common/help/privsec_help.xhtml

@@ -21,9 +21,30 @@
 
 <p>For help with a panel's settings, click the Help button at the bottom of that panel.
 
+<p>&nbsp;
+
+
+<table cellpadding=4 cellspacing=2 bgcolor="#cccccc" Width=324>
+<tr>
+<td class="inthissection">
+<p>In this section:</p>
+<p><a href="using_priv_help.html#using_cookies">Cookies</a></p>
+<p><a href="using_priv_help.html#using_images">Images</a></p>
+<p><a href="using_priv_help.html#using_forms">Forms</a></p>
+<p><a href="passwords_help.html">Web Passwords</a></p>
+<p><a href="passwords_help.html#Master_Password_Timeout">Master Passwords</a></p>
+<p><a href="ssl_help.html">SSL</a></p>
+<p><a href="certs_prefs_help.html">Certificates</a></p>
+<p><a href="validation_help.html">Validation</a></p>
+</td>
+</tr>
+</table>
+
+
+
 
 <hr>
-<p><i>6/19/2001</i></p>
+<p><i>6/27/2001</i></p>
 <p>Copyright &copy; 1994-2001 Netscape Communications Corporation.</p>
 
 </body>

suite/locales/en-US/chrome/common/help/using_certs_help.xhtml

@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@
 	<li>The bottom half describes whether the page you are viewing is encrypted, and if so what grade of encryption it uses.
 </ul>
 
-<p>If you're not sure what the displayed information means, click the Help button in the Security tab to find out more.</p>
+<p>If you're not sure what the displayed information means, see the corresponding message in <a href="ssl_page_info_help.html">SSL Page Info</a>.</p>
 
 <p>
 [&nbsp;<A HREF="#using_certs_first">Return to beginning of Using Certificates section</A>&nbsp;]
@@ -118,9 +118,7 @@
 <ul>
 	<li><b>Restore.</b> Click this button if you want to restore a certificate that you've previously backed up or transferred from one machine to another.
 
-	<li><b>Backup All.</b> Click this button to back up all your own certificates stored in the browser's software security device. Note that certificates stored on smart cards cannot be backed up by this method. Instead, you must select them one by one, then click Backup. 
-
-	<li><b>Change Master Password.</b> Each security device has a master password that protects the information it contains, including your certificates. The master password for the browser's software security device can also be used to protect information stored by the Password Manager. For information about the Password Manager, see <a href="using_priv_help.html#using_password">Using the Password Manager</a>.
+	<li><b>Backup All.</b> Click this button to back up all your own certificates stored in the <a href="glossary.html#software_security_device">software security device</a>. Note that certificates stored on smart cards cannot be backed up by this method. Instead, you must select them one by one, then click Backup. 
 
 </ul>
 
@@ -141,7 +139,7 @@
 
 <p>To view all the web site certificates available to your browser, click the Web Sites tab at the top of the Certificate Manager window. 
 
-<p>To perform an action on one or more web site certificates, click the entry for the certificate (or Shift-click to select more than one), then click the View, Edit, or Delete button. Each of these buttons brings up another window that allows you to perform the corresonding action. Click the Help button in any window to obtain more information about using that window.
+<p>To perform an action on one or more web site certificates, click the entry for the certificate (or Shift-click to select more than one), then click the View, Edit, or Delete button. Each of these buttons brings up another window that allows you to perform the corresonding action. 
 
 <p>The Edit button allows you to specify whether your browser will trust the selected web site certificates in the future.
 
@@ -403,7 +401,7 @@
 
 
 <hr>
-<p><i>6/19/2001</i></p>
+<p><i>6/27/2001</i></p>
 <p>Copyright &copy; 1994-2001 Netscape Communications Corporation.</p>
 
 </body>