ongoing help content updates per bugzilla 1222806 & ADT, r=oeschger; update for edit ciphers section per new UI

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<ol> <ol>
<li>Open the Edit menu and choose Preferences. <li>Open the Edit menu and choose Preferences.
<li>Under the Privacy &amp; Security category, choose SSL. (If no subcategories are visible, double-click the category to expand the list.) <li>Under the Privacy &amp; Security category, choose SSL. (If no subcategories are visible, double-click Privacy &amp; Security to expand the list.)
</ol> </ol>
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<ol> <ol>
<li>Open the Edit menu and choose Preferences. <li>Open the Edit menu and choose Preferences.
<li>Under the Privacy &amp; Security category, choose SSL. (If no subcategories are visible, double-click the category to expand the list.) <li>Under the Privacy &amp; Security category, choose SSL. (If no subcategories are visible, double-click Privacy &amp; Security to expand the list.)
<li>Click the Edit Ciphers button. <li>Click the Edit Ciphers button.
</ol> </ol>
<p>The Edit Ciphers dialog box allows you to select or deselect individual ciphers, or <a href="glossary.html#cryptographic_algorithm">cryptographic algorithms</a>. Consult your system administrator before changing any of these settings. <p>The Edit Ciphers dialog box allows you to select or deselect ciphers, or <a href="glossary.html#cryptographic_algorithm">cryptographic algorithms</a>. Consult your system administrator before changing any of these settings.
<p> <p>Each checkbox corresponds to a cipher suite, or set of cryptographic algorithms. To view info information about a cipher suite, select its name.
[&nbsp;<A HREF="#ssl_first">Return to beginning of SSL section</A>&nbsp;]
</p> <p>The following information is displayed for the selected cipher suite:
<ul>
<li><b>Encryption algorithm:</b> Used for bulk encryption and decryption.
<li><b>Authentication Algorithm:</b> Used to determine the server or client's identity.
<li><b>Key Algorithm:</b> Governs the way in which the server and client determine the symmetric keys they will both use during an SSL session.
<li><b>Key Size:</b> The size of the keys used with this cipher suite. (Encryption strength depends on both encryption algorithm and key size.)
<li><b>MAC Algorithm:</b> Used for tamper detection and data verification; sometimes called message digest or hash algorithm.
<li><b>Other Attributes.</b> These can include the following:</li>
<ul>
<li><b>FIPS.</b> Complies with Federal Information Processing Standards Publications (FIPS PUBS) 140-1. Many products sold to the US government must comply with one or more FIPS standards.
<li><b>IsExportable</b>. Cipher suite was legally exportable under regulations published by the U.S. Department of Commerce that previously limited the encryption strength of exported products. Those regulations have since been loosened.
</ul>
</ul>
<p>For more information about ciphers and encryption, see the following on-line documents:
<ul>
<li><a href="http://developer.netscape.com/docs/manuals/security/pkin/index.htm" target="_blank">Introduction to Public-Key Cryptography</a>
<li><a href="http://developer.netscape.com/docs/manuals/security/sslin/index.htm" target="_blank">Introduction to SSL</a>
<li><a href="http://www.mozilla.org/projects/security/pki/nss/algorithms.html" target="_blank">Encryption Technologies</a>.
</ul>
<p>&nbsp;
<hr> <hr>
<p><i>2 April 2002</i></body> <p><i>12 April 2002</i></body>
<p>Copyright &copy; 1994-2002 Netscape Communications Corporation.</p> <p>Copyright &copy; 1994-2002 Netscape Communications Corporation.</p>
</body> </body>

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<ol> <ol>
<li>Open the Edit menu and choose Preferences. <li>Open the Edit menu and choose Preferences.
<li>Under the Privacy &amp; Security category, choose SSL. (If no subcategories are visible, double-click the category to expand the list.) <li>Under the Privacy &amp; Security category, choose SSL. (If no subcategories are visible, double-click Privacy &amp; Security to expand the list.)
</ol> </ol>
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<ol> <ol>
<li>Open the Edit menu and choose Preferences. <li>Open the Edit menu and choose Preferences.
<li>Under the Privacy &amp; Security category, choose SSL. (If no subcategories are visible, double-click the category to expand the list.) <li>Under the Privacy &amp; Security category, choose SSL. (If no subcategories are visible, double-click Privacy &amp; Security to expand the list.)
<li>Click the Edit Ciphers button. <li>Click the Edit Ciphers button.
</ol> </ol>
<p>The Edit Ciphers dialog box allows you to select or deselect individual ciphers, or <a href="glossary.html#cryptographic_algorithm">cryptographic algorithms</a>. Consult your system administrator before changing any of these settings. <p>The Edit Ciphers dialog box allows you to select or deselect ciphers, or <a href="glossary.html#cryptographic_algorithm">cryptographic algorithms</a>. Consult your system administrator before changing any of these settings.
<p> <p>Each checkbox corresponds to a cipher suite, or set of cryptographic algorithms. To view info information about a cipher suite, select its name.
[&nbsp;<A HREF="#ssl_first">Return to beginning of SSL section</A>&nbsp;]
</p> <p>The following information is displayed for the selected cipher suite:
<ul>
<li><b>Encryption algorithm:</b> Used for bulk encryption and decryption.
<li><b>Authentication Algorithm:</b> Used to determine the server or client's identity.
<li><b>Key Algorithm:</b> Governs the way in which the server and client determine the symmetric keys they will both use during an SSL session.
<li><b>Key Size:</b> The size of the keys used with this cipher suite. (Encryption strength depends on both encryption algorithm and key size.)
<li><b>MAC Algorithm:</b> Used for tamper detection and data verification; sometimes called message digest or hash algorithm.
<li><b>Other Attributes.</b> These can include the following:</li>
<ul>
<li><b>FIPS.</b> Complies with Federal Information Processing Standards Publications (FIPS PUBS) 140-1. Many products sold to the US government must comply with one or more FIPS standards.
<li><b>IsExportable</b>. Cipher suite was legally exportable under regulations published by the U.S. Department of Commerce that previously limited the encryption strength of exported products. Those regulations have since been loosened.
</ul>
</ul>
<p>For more information about ciphers and encryption, see the following on-line documents:
<ul>
<li><a href="http://developer.netscape.com/docs/manuals/security/pkin/index.htm" target="_blank">Introduction to Public-Key Cryptography</a>
<li><a href="http://developer.netscape.com/docs/manuals/security/sslin/index.htm" target="_blank">Introduction to SSL</a>
<li><a href="http://www.mozilla.org/projects/security/pki/nss/algorithms.html" target="_blank">Encryption Technologies</a>.
</ul>
<p>&nbsp;
<hr> <hr>
<p><i>2 April 2002</i></body> <p><i>12 April 2002</i></body>
<p>Copyright &copy; 1994-2002 Netscape Communications Corporation.</p> <p>Copyright &copy; 1994-2002 Netscape Communications Corporation.</p>
</body> </body>