ongoing help content updates per bugzilla 122806 & ADT, r=oeschger; privacy & security updates per legal & engineering reviews
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<a NAME="import_certificatesIDX"></a>
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<a NAME="backing_up_certificatesIDX"></a>
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<a NAME="certificates:backups_ofIDX"></a>
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<a NAME="certificates:importingIDX"></a>
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<a NAME="certificates:importing_your_ownIDX"></a>
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<a NAME="smart_card_backupsSDX"></a>
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<a NAME="smart_cards:backupsSDX"></a>
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<a NAME="My_Certificates"></a><hr><h2>Your Certificates</h2>
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<ul>
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<li><b>View:</b> Display detailed information about the selected certificates.
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<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 certificate as one that you trust or don't trust for identification purposes.
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<li><b>Delete:</b> Delete the selected certificates.
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</ul>
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<p> </p><a NAME="Edit_Email_Certificate_Trust_Settings"></a><hr>
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<h3>Edit Email Certificate Trust Settings</h3>
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<p>When you select someone else's certificate from the <A href="#certs_first">Other People's</a> tab in the Certificate Manager and click Edit, you see a dialog box titled "Edit email certificate trust settings."
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<p>Here you specify whether you want to trust the selected certificate to identify messages from and send encrypted messages to the email address shown.
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<p>The dialog box contains these elements:
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<ul>
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<li><b>The certificate "<i>name of certificate</i>" was issued by:</b> Provides information about the <a href="glossary.html#certificate_authority_(CA)">certificate authority</a> that issued this certificate.
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<li><b>Edit certificate trust settings:</b></li>
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<ul>
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<li><b>Trust the authenticity of this certificate:</b> If you select this option, Certificate Manager will henceforth trust this certificate for the purposes of identifying messages from and sending encrypted email messages to the email address shown.
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<li><b>Do not trust the authenticity of this certificate:</b> If you select this option, Certificate Manager will no longer trust this certificate for the purposes of identifying messages from and sending encrypted email messages to the email address shown.
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</ul>
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<li><b>Edit CA Trust:</b> Click this button to specify trust settings for the certificate authority (CA) that issued the email certificate. These settings allow you to trust or not to trust different kinds of certificates issued by that certificate authority. For example, you can choose to trust all email certificates issued by the authority.
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</ul>
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<p>Click OK to confirm your choice.
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<p> </p>
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<a NAME="Delete_Email_Certificate"></a><hr>
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<p> </p>
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<a NAME="importing_a_certificate_chainSDX"></a>
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<a NAME="certificates:importing_chained_CAIDX"></a>
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<a NAME="CA_Certificates"></a><hr>
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<h2>Authorities</h2>
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<li><b>Delete:</b> Delete the selected certificates.
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</ul>
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<p>To ensure that an entire <a href="glossary.html#certificate_chain">certificate chain</a> of CAs are all trusted, you need to edit the root CA certifiate only.
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<p>To import the chain, you click a link on a web page provided by the CA. You can then use the authorities tab to locate the root certificate and edit its trust settings.
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<p>The root and intermediate CAs all appear under the same organization. The root certificate is the one that lists itself as the the issuer.
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<p> </p><a NAME="Edit_CA_Certificate_Settings"></a><hr>
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<h3>Edit CA Certificate Trust Settings</h3>
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</ul>
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<hr>
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<p><i>8 May 2002</i></p>
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<p><i>30 May 2002</i></p>
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<p>Copyright © 1994-2002 Netscape Communications Corporation.</p>
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</body>
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<a NAME="import_certificatesIDX"></a>
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<a NAME="backing_up_certificatesIDX"></a>
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<a NAME="certificates:backups_ofIDX"></a>
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<a NAME="certificates:importingIDX"></a>
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<a NAME="certificates:importing_your_ownIDX"></a>
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<a NAME="smart_card_backupsSDX"></a>
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<a NAME="smart_cards:backupsSDX"></a>
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<a NAME="My_Certificates"></a><hr><h2>Your Certificates</h2>
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<ul>
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<li><b>View:</b> Display detailed information about the selected certificates.
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<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 certificate as one that you trust or don't trust for identification purposes.
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<li><b>Delete:</b> Delete the selected certificates.
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</ul>
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<p> </p><a NAME="Edit_Email_Certificate_Trust_Settings"></a><hr>
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<h3>Edit Email Certificate Trust Settings</h3>
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<p>When you select someone else's certificate from the <A href="#certs_first">Other People's</a> tab in the Certificate Manager and click Edit, you see a dialog box titled "Edit email certificate trust settings."
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<p>Here you specify whether you want to trust the selected certificate to identify messages from and send encrypted messages to the email address shown.
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<p>The dialog box contains these elements:
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<ul>
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<li><b>The certificate "<i>name of certificate</i>" was issued by:</b> Provides information about the <a href="glossary.html#certificate_authority_(CA)">certificate authority</a> that issued this certificate.
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<li><b>Edit certificate trust settings:</b></li>
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<ul>
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<li><b>Trust the authenticity of this certificate:</b> If you select this option, Certificate Manager will henceforth trust this certificate for the purposes of identifying messages from and sending encrypted email messages to the email address shown.
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<li><b>Do not trust the authenticity of this certificate:</b> If you select this option, Certificate Manager will no longer trust this certificate for the purposes of identifying messages from and sending encrypted email messages to the email address shown.
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</ul>
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<li><b>Edit CA Trust:</b> Click this button to specify trust settings for the certificate authority (CA) that issued the email certificate. These settings allow you to trust or not to trust different kinds of certificates issued by that certificate authority. For example, you can choose to trust all email certificates issued by the authority.
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</ul>
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<p>Click OK to confirm your choice.
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<p> </p>
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<a NAME="Delete_Email_Certificate"></a><hr>
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<p> </p>
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<a NAME="importing_a_certificate_chainSDX"></a>
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<a NAME="certificates:importing_chained_CAIDX"></a>
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<a NAME="CA_Certificates"></a><hr>
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<h2>Authorities</h2>
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<li><b>Delete:</b> Delete the selected certificates.
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</ul>
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<p>To ensure that an entire <a href="glossary.html#certificate_chain">certificate chain</a> of CAs are all trusted, you need to edit the root CA certifiate only.
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<p>To import the chain, you click a link on a web page provided by the CA. You can then use the authorities tab to locate the root certificate and edit its trust settings.
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<p>The root and intermediate CAs all appear under the same organization. The root certificate is the one that lists itself as the the issuer.
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<p> </p><a NAME="Edit_CA_Certificate_Settings"></a><hr>
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<h3>Edit CA Certificate Trust Settings</h3>
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</ul>
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<hr>
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<p><i>8 May 2002</i></p>
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<p><i>30 May 2002</i></p>
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<p>Copyright © 1994-2002 Netscape Communications Corporation.</p>
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</body>
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<rdf:Seq>
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<rdf:li> <rdf:Description ID="help-help" nc:name="Using the Help Window"
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nc:link="help_help.html"/> </rdf:li>
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<rdf:li> <rdf:Description ID="help-help-window" nc:name="Finding the Topic You Want"
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nc:link="help_help.html#tabs"/> </rdf:li>
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<rdf:li> <rdf:Description ID="help-help-retrace" nc:name="Retracing Your Steps and Printing"
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nc:link="help_help.html#retrace"/> </rdf:li>
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<rdf:li> <rdf:Description ID="help-help-shortcuts" nc:name="Using Help Shortcuts"
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nc:link="help_help.html#shortcuts"/> </rdf:li>
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<rdf:li> <rdf:Description ID="help-help-buttons" nc:name="Using Help Buttons"
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nc:link="help_help.html#buttons"/> </rdf:li>
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<!-- NAVIGATOR HELP SECTION -->
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<rdf:Description about="urn:root">
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<p>When you view a signed or encrypted message in the Mail window, these icons near the upper-right corner of the message header indicate the security status of the message:</p>
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<table><tr><td> </td><td><img src="chrome://messenger/skin/smime/icons/hdrSignOk.gif" alt="digital signature icon"></td><td>The message is digitally signed. If there is a problem with the signature, the pen is broken.</td>
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<tr><td> </td><td><img src="chrome://messenger/skin/smime/icons/hdrCryptoOk.gif" alt="key icon"></td><td>The message is encrypted. If there is a problem with the encryption, the key is broken.</td></table>
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<table><tr><td> </td><td><img src="chrome://messenger/skin/smime/icons/hdrSignOk.gif" alt="digital signature icon"></td><td>The message is digitally signed and has been validated. If there is a problem with the signature, the pen is broken.</td>
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<tr><td> </td><td><img src="chrome://messenger/skin/smime/icons/hdrSignUnknown.gif" alt="unkown icon"></td><td>The message is signed, but it has a large attachment that has not yet been downloaded from the IMAP server. As a result, the signature cannot be validated. Click the icon to download the attachment and validate the signature.</td>
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<tr><td> </td><td><img src="chrome://messenger/skin/smime/icons/hdrCryptoOk.gif" alt="key icon"></td><td>The message is encrypted. If there is a problem with the encryption, the key is broken.</td>
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</table>
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<p>For information about certificate validation, see <a href="using_certs_help.html#Controlling_Validation">Controlling Validation</a>.
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<p>To see more detailed information about the message's security, click the key or lock icon, or follow the instructions in <a href="#received_security">Message Security - Received Message</a>.
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<p><i>17 May 2002</i></p>
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<p><i>28 May 2002</i></p>
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<p>Copyright © 1994-2002 Netscape Communications Corporation.</p>
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</body>
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<table><tr><td> </td><td><img src="chrome://messenger/skin/smime/icons/hdrSignOk.gif" alt="digital signature icon"></td><td>The message is digitally signed. If there is a problem with the signature, the pen is broken.</td>
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<tr><td> </td><td><img src="chrome://messenger/skin/smime/icons/hdrCryptoOk.gif" alt="key icon"></td><td>The message is encrypted. If there is a problem with the encryption, the key is broken.</td></table>
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<table><tr><td> </td><td><img src="chrome://messenger/skin/smime/icons/hdrSignOk.gif" alt="digital signature icon"></td><td>The message is digitally signed and has been validated. If there is a problem with the signature, the pen is broken.</td>
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<tr><td> </td><td><img src="chrome://messenger/skin/smime/icons/hdrSignUnknown.gif" alt="unkown icon"></td><td>The message is signed, but it has a large attachment that has not yet been downloaded from the IMAP server. As a result, the signature cannot be validated. Click the icon to download the attachment and validate the signature.</td>
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<tr><td> </td><td><img src="chrome://messenger/skin/smime/icons/hdrCryptoOk.gif" alt="key icon"></td><td>The message is encrypted. If there is a problem with the encryption, the key is broken.</td>
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</table>
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<p>For information about certificate validation, see <a href="using_certs_help.html#Controlling_Validation">Controlling Validation</a>.
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<p>To see more detailed information about the message's security, click the key or lock icon, or follow the instructions in <a href="#received_security">Message Security - Received Message</a>.
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<p><i>17 May 2002</i></p>
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<p><i>28 May 2002</i></p>
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<p>Copyright © 1994-2002 Netscape Communications Corporation.</p>
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</body>
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<p>Password Manager preferences allow you to
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<li><b>Remember passwords:</b> Select this checkbox to turn Password Manager on, so that it automatically stores your user names and passwords and enters them for you as necessary. To turn off Password Manager, deselect the same checkbox.
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<li><b>Remember passwords:</b> Select this checkbox to turn Password Manager on, so that it asks to store your user names and passwords at appropriate times and enters them for you automatically when they're requested. To turn off Password Manager, deselect the same checkbox.
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<li><b>Manage Stored Passwords:</b> Click this button to manage information about your stored passwords and the sites whose user names and passwords you don't want to be stored.
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<p>If you use Password Manager or Form Manager to save passwords and personal data, this sensitive information is stored on your computer in a file that's difficult, but not impossible, for an intruder to read. This way of storing information is sometimes described as "obscuring."
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<p>For improved protection, you may want to protect the file with encryption. Encryption makes it nearly impossible for an unauthorized person to view your stored sensitive information.
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<p>For improved protection, you may want to protect the file with encryption. Encryption makes it much more difficult for an unauthorized person to view your stored sensitive information.
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<ul><li><b>Use encryption when storing sensitive data:</b> Select this checkbox to turn on encryption, or deselect it to turn off encryption.</ul>
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<p>If you have not previously set a <a href="glossary.html#master_password">master password</a>, you will be asked to create one. To do so, follow the instructions as they appear on your screen.
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<p>Using encryption versus obscuring for stored sensitive data is a tradeoff between improved security and convenience:
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<li>If you use encryption, you will need to enter a master password periodically, which can be inconvenient. (For information about controlling how often it is requested, see the discussion of the Master Password timeout at <a href="#Master_Password_Timeout">Privacy & Security Preferences - Master Passwords</a>.)
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<li>If you use obscuring, you may not have to set a master password at all (unless you're using certificates for identification purposes), but it may be easier for a stranger who has access to your computer to steal your passwords.
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<p>In general, if you are working in an environment where you're confident that strangers cannot walk up to your computer, you probably don't need to use encryption.
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<p>For more details, see <a href="using_priv_help.html#using_encrypt">Encrypting Stored Sensitive Information</a>.
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<p> </p>
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<li><b>Passwords Never Saved:</b> Click this tab to view the list of sites for which you selected "Never for this site" in response to Password Manager"s request to store logon information.
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<p>If a site is included on this list, you must always type in your user name and password manually when you visit this site.
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<p>If you remove an entry from this list, Password Manager will again ask you, the next time you visit the site, whether to store your user name and password.
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<p>If you remove an entry from this list, Password Manager will again ask you, the next time you log onto the site, whether to store your user name and password.
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<p>For example, the browser has a built-in Software Security Device, and you can also use external security devices, such as smart cards, if your computer is configured to use them.
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<p>The master password for the browser's built-in Software Security Device also protects your master key. Your master key is used to encrypt sensitive information such as email passwords, web site passwords, and other data stored by the Password Manager and Form Manager.
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<p>The master password for the browser's built-in Software Security Device also protects stored sensitive information such as email passwords, web site passwords, and other data stored by the Password Manager and Form Manager.
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<ul><li><p><b>Change Password:</b> Click this button to set or change any of your master passwords. For information about using the Change Master Password dialog box that appears when you click this button, see <a href="#Change_Master_Password">Change Master Password</a>.</ul>
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<p>If you are using the Password Manager but are not using certificates, and if you have set a master password, the browser will ask you to enter the password only when the newly launched browser first uses the Password Manager or Form Manager to fill in personal information.
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<p>After you first set a new master password, you will be asked to enter it only when the newly launched browser first needs it to access personal information, such as a user name and password, saved form data, or personal certificates.
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<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:
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<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.
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<LI><B>The first time it is needed.</B> This setting causes the browser to request your master password only the first time it needs access to the private key database after launching. The browser will not request the master password again until after you exit and relaunch it. This setting provides the lowest level of protection.
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<p>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.
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<LI><B>Every time it is needed.</B> This setting ensures that the browser will never access your saved personal information without first requesting your master password. This setting provides the highest level of protection.
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<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.
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<p>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.
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<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>
|
||||
<LI><B>If it has not been used for </B><I>blank</I><B> minutes or longer.</B> This setting causes the browser to request your master password if it needs to access your personal information and the specified interval has elapsed since the last time it did so.
|
||||
|
||||
</ul>
|
||||
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||||
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|
@ -196,9 +198,9 @@
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|||
|
||||
<p>To change your master password rather than resetting it, click the Change Password button in the Master Passwords preferences panel.
|
||||
|
||||
<p>You must remember your old master password to change it with the Change Password button. Resetting your master password is a last resort that you should use only if you are absolutely sure you've forgotten it.
|
||||
<p>You must remember your old master password to change it with the Change Password button.
|
||||
|
||||
<p>If you are really sure that you want to reset your master password:
|
||||
<p>If you are really sure that you want to reset your master password and permanently erase all your encrypted personal information and certificates:
|
||||
|
||||
<ul><li><p><b>Reset Master Password:</b> Click this button to reset the master password for the Software Security Device. For more information, see <a href="#Reset_Master_Password">Reset Master Password</a>.</ul>
|
||||
|
||||
|
|
@ -264,29 +266,23 @@
|
|||
|
||||
<p><b>Warning:</b> If you reset your master password, you will permanently erase all encrypted web passwords, email passwords, and form data saved on your behalf by Password Manager and Form Manager. You will also lose all your personal certificates associated with the <a href="glossary.html#software_security_device">software security device</a>.
|
||||
|
||||
<p>Note that encrypted passwords and form data will be lost only if you have turned on encryption for this stored information. For information about turning encryption on or off, see <a href="using_priv_help.html#encrypt_on">Turning Encryption On and Off</a>.
|
||||
<p>Encrypted passwords and form data will be lost only if you have turned on encryption for this stored information. For information about turning encryption on or off, see <a href="using_priv_help.html#encrypt_on">Turning Encryption On and Off</a>.
|
||||
|
||||
<p>If you remember your master password and decide to change it, you can do so without danger of losing any personal information. If you are viewing the Reset Master Password alert and you decide you want to change your password rather than resetting it, click Cancel to return to the Master Passwords preferences panel, then click Change Password. For details, see <a href="#Change_Master_Password">Change Master Password</a>.
|
||||
|
||||
<p>Note that you must remember your old master password to change it with the Change Password button. Resetting your master password is a last resort that you should use only if you are absolutely sure you've forgotten it.
|
||||
|
||||
<p>The seriousness of the situation depends on how much personal data your forgotten master password protects. To find out, follow these instructions before resetting your master password:
|
||||
<p>Resetting your master password is a last resort that you should use only if you are absolutely sure you've forgotten it. The seriousness of the situation depends on how much personal data your forgotten master password protects.
|
||||
|
||||
<ul>
|
||||
<li>To view stored Password Manager data, see <a href="using_priv_help.html#passwords_view">Managing Stored Passwords</a>.
|
||||
<li>To view stored Form Manager data, see <a href="using_priv_help.html#form_saveinfo">Saving Information from Forms</a>.
|
||||
<li>To view your personal certificates, open Certificate Manager and look at the certificates listed under Your Certificates. Those with "Software Security Device" in the Security Device column will be lost after you reset your master password. For more information, see <a href="using_certs_help.html#using_certs_manage">Managing Certificates</a>.
|
||||
</ul>
|
||||
<p>Resetting your master password does not create a new password. Instead, it removes all the data your old master password protects. You will be asked to specify a new master password the next time the browser needs to store personal information.
|
||||
|
||||
<p>Resetting your master password does not create a new password. Instead, it removes all the data your old master password protects. You will be asked to specify a new master password the next time Certificate Manager needs to store personal information.
|
||||
<p>After you reset your master password, you may also want to re-save personal information that you want to have prefilled in the future. For example, as you browse you may want Password Manager to save web site and email passwords again.
|
||||
|
||||
<p>After you reset your master password, you must also re-enter all the web site and email passwords that Password Manager may have stored on your behalf, and you must enter form data by hand until Form Manager accumulates enough data to fill in forms automatically. In addition, any personal certificates associated with the software security device will be permanently erased and you will need to apply for new ones.
|
||||
<p>You will also need to enter data by hand until Form Manager accumulates enough data to fill in forms automatically. In addition, any personal certificates associated with the software security device will be permanently erased and you will need to apply for new ones.
|
||||
|
||||
<p><b>Note for smart card users:</b> Each smart card has its own master password. The master password for a smart card protects only the data on that smart card (such as personal certificates). You can normally change the master password for a smart card (assuming that you remember it), but you cannot reset it.
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
<hr>
|
||||
<p><i>16 May 2002</i></p>
|
||||
<p><i>30 May 2002</i></p>
|
||||
<p>Copyright © 1994-2002 Netscape Communications Corporation.</p>
|
||||
|
||||
</body>
|
||||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
|
|||
|
||||
<p>Password Manager preferences allow you to
|
||||
<ul>
|
||||
<li><b>Remember passwords:</b> Select this checkbox to turn Password Manager on, so that it automatically stores your user names and passwords and enters them for you as necessary. To turn off Password Manager, deselect the same checkbox.
|
||||
<li><b>Remember passwords:</b> Select this checkbox to turn Password Manager on, so that it asks to store your user names and passwords at appropriate times and enters them for you automatically when they're requested. To turn off Password Manager, deselect the same checkbox.
|
||||
<li><b>Manage Stored Passwords:</b> Click this button to manage information about your stored passwords and the sites whose user names and passwords you don't want to be stored.
|
||||
</ul>
|
||||
|
||||
|
|
@ -66,13 +66,22 @@
|
|||
|
||||
<p>If you use Password Manager or Form Manager to save passwords and personal data, this sensitive information is stored on your computer in a file that's difficult, but not impossible, for an intruder to read. This way of storing information is sometimes described as "obscuring."
|
||||
|
||||
<p>For improved protection, you may want to protect the file with encryption. Encryption makes it nearly impossible for an unauthorized person to view your stored sensitive information.
|
||||
<p>For improved protection, you may want to protect the file with encryption. Encryption makes it much more difficult for an unauthorized person to view your stored sensitive information.
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
<ul><li><b>Use encryption when storing sensitive data:</b> Select this checkbox to turn on encryption, or deselect it to turn off encryption.</ul>
|
||||
|
||||
<p>If you have not previously set a <a href="glossary.html#master_password">master password</a>, you will be asked to create one. To do so, follow the instructions as they appear on your screen.
|
||||
|
||||
<p>Using encryption versus obscuring for stored sensitive data is a tradeoff between improved security and convenience:
|
||||
|
||||
<ul>
|
||||
<li>If you use encryption, you will need to enter a master password periodically, which can be inconvenient. (For information about controlling how often it is requested, see the discussion of the Master Password timeout at <a href="#Master_Password_Timeout">Privacy & Security Preferences - Master Passwords</a>.)
|
||||
<li>If you use obscuring, you may not have to set a master password at all (unless you're using certificates for identification purposes), but it may be easier for a stranger who has access to your computer to steal your passwords.
|
||||
</ul>
|
||||
|
||||
<p>In general, if you are working in an environment where you're confident that strangers cannot walk up to your computer, you probably don't need to use encryption.
|
||||
|
||||
<p>For more details, see <a href="using_priv_help.html#using_encrypt">Encrypting Stored Sensitive Information</a>.
|
||||
|
||||
<p> </p>
|
||||
|
|
@ -99,9 +108,9 @@
|
|||
|
||||
<li><b>Passwords Never Saved:</b> Click this tab to view the list of sites for which you selected "Never for this site" in response to Password Manager"s request to store logon information.
|
||||
|
||||
<p>If a site is included on this list, you must always type in your user name and password manually when you visit this site.
|
||||
<p>If a site is included on this list, you must always type in your user name and password manually when you log onto this site.
|
||||
|
||||
<p>If you remove an entry from this list, Password Manager will again ask you, the next time you visit the site, whether to store your user name and password.
|
||||
<p>If you remove an entry from this list, Password Manager will again ask you, the next time you log onto the site, whether to store your user name and password.
|
||||
|
||||
</ul>
|
||||
|
||||
|
|
@ -153,7 +162,7 @@
|
|||
|
||||
<p>For example, the browser has a built-in Software Security Device, and you can also use external security devices, such as smart cards, if your computer is configured to use them.
|
||||
|
||||
<p>The master password for the browser's built-in Software Security Device also protects your master key. Your master key is used to encrypt sensitive information such as email passwords, web site passwords, and other data stored by the Password Manager and Form Manager.
|
||||
<p>The master password for the browser's built-in Software Security Device also protects stored sensitive information such as email passwords, web site passwords, and other data stored by the Password Manager and Form Manager.
|
||||
|
||||
<ul><li><p><b>Change Password:</b> Click this button to set or change any of your master passwords. For information about using the Change Master Password dialog box that appears when you click this button, see <a href="#Change_Master_Password">Change Master Password</a>.</ul>
|
||||
|
||||
|
|
@ -165,23 +174,16 @@
|
|||
<h3>Master Password Timeout</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
<p>If you are using the Password Manager but are not using certificates, and if you have set a master password, the browser will ask you to enter the password only when the newly launched browser first uses the Password Manager or Form Manager to fill in personal information.
|
||||
<p>After you first set a new master password, you will be asked to enter it only when the newly launched browser first needs it to access personal information, such as a user name and password, saved form data, or personal certificates.
|
||||
|
||||
<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:
|
||||
<p>You can control how often the browser requests your master password:
|
||||
|
||||
<ul>
|
||||
<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.
|
||||
<LI><B>The first time it is needed.</B> This setting causes the browser to request your master password only the first time it needs access to the private key database after launching. The browser will not request the master password again until after you exit and relaunch it. This setting provides the lowest level of protection.
|
||||
|
||||
<p>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 it is needed.</B> This setting ensures that the browser will never access your saved personal information 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.
|
||||
<p>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>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>
|
||||
<LI><B>If it has not been used for </B><I>blank</I><B> minutes or longer.</B> This setting causes the browser to request your master password if it needs to access your personal information and the specified interval has elapsed since the last time it did so.
|
||||
|
||||
</ul>
|
||||
|
||||
|
|
@ -196,9 +198,9 @@
|
|||
|
||||
<p>To change your master password rather than resetting it, click the Change Password button in the Master Passwords preferences panel.
|
||||
|
||||
<p>You must remember your old master password to change it with the Change Password button. Resetting your master password is a last resort that you should use only if you are absolutely sure you've forgotten it.
|
||||
<p>You must remember your old master password to change it with the Change Password button.
|
||||
|
||||
<p>If you are really sure that you want to reset your master password:
|
||||
<p>If you are really sure that you want to reset your master password and permanently erase all your encrypted personal information and certificates:
|
||||
|
||||
<ul><li><p><b>Reset Master Password:</b> Click this button to reset the master password for the Software Security Device. For more information, see <a href="#Reset_Master_Password">Reset Master Password</a>.</ul>
|
||||
|
||||
|
|
@ -264,29 +266,23 @@
|
|||
|
||||
<p><b>Warning:</b> If you reset your master password, you will permanently erase all encrypted web passwords, email passwords, and form data saved on your behalf by Password Manager and Form Manager. You will also lose all your personal certificates associated with the <a href="glossary.html#software_security_device">software security device</a>.
|
||||
|
||||
<p>Note that encrypted passwords and form data will be lost only if you have turned on encryption for this stored information. For information about turning encryption on or off, see <a href="using_priv_help.html#encrypt_on">Turning Encryption On and Off</a>.
|
||||
<p>Encrypted passwords and form data will be lost only if you have turned on encryption for this stored information. For information about turning encryption on or off, see <a href="using_priv_help.html#encrypt_on">Turning Encryption On and Off</a>.
|
||||
|
||||
<p>If you remember your master password and decide to change it, you can do so without danger of losing any personal information. If you are viewing the Reset Master Password alert and you decide you want to change your password rather than resetting it, click Cancel to return to the Master Passwords preferences panel, then click Change Password. For details, see <a href="#Change_Master_Password">Change Master Password</a>.
|
||||
|
||||
<p>Note that you must remember your old master password to change it with the Change Password button. Resetting your master password is a last resort that you should use only if you are absolutely sure you've forgotten it.
|
||||
|
||||
<p>The seriousness of the situation depends on how much personal data your forgotten master password protects. To find out, follow these instructions before resetting your master password:
|
||||
<p>Resetting your master password is a last resort that you should use only if you are absolutely sure you've forgotten it. The seriousness of the situation depends on how much personal data your forgotten master password protects.
|
||||
|
||||
<ul>
|
||||
<li>To view stored Password Manager data, see <a href="using_priv_help.html#passwords_view">Managing Stored Passwords</a>.
|
||||
<li>To view stored Form Manager data, see <a href="using_priv_help.html#form_saveinfo">Saving Information from Forms</a>.
|
||||
<li>To view your personal certificates, open Certificate Manager and look at the certificates listed under Your Certificates. Those with "Software Security Device" in the Security Device column will be lost after you reset your master password. For more information, see <a href="using_certs_help.html#using_certs_manage">Managing Certificates</a>.
|
||||
</ul>
|
||||
<p>Resetting your master password does not create a new password. Instead, it removes all the data your old master password protects. You will be asked to specify a new master password the next time the browser needs to store personal information.
|
||||
|
||||
<p>Resetting your master password does not create a new password. Instead, it removes all the data your old master password protects. You will be asked to specify a new master password the next time Certificate Manager needs to store personal information.
|
||||
<p>After you reset your master password, you may also want to re-save personal information that you want to have prefilled in the future. For example, as you browse you may want Password Manager to save web site and email passwords again.
|
||||
|
||||
<p>After you reset your master password, you must also re-enter all the web site and email passwords that Password Manager may have stored on your behalf, and you must enter form data by hand until Form Manager accumulates enough data to fill in forms automatically. In addition, any personal certificates associated with the software security device will be permanently erased and you will need to apply for new ones.
|
||||
<p>You will also need to enter data by hand until Form Manager accumulates enough data to fill in forms automatically. In addition, any personal certificates associated with the software security device will be permanently erased and you will need to apply for new ones.
|
||||
|
||||
<p><b>Note for smart card users:</b> Each smart card has its own master password. The master password for a smart card protects only the data on that smart card (such as personal certificates). You can normally change the master password for a smart card (assuming that you remember it), but you cannot reset it.
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
<hr>
|
||||
<p><i>16 May 2002</i></p>
|
||||
<p><i>30 May 2002</i></p>
|
||||
<p>Copyright © 1994-2002 Netscape Communications Corporation.</p>
|
||||
|
||||
</body>
|
||||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
@ -13,11 +13,9 @@
|
|||
<a NAME="privacy:protectingIDX"></a>
|
||||
<hr><h1>Using Privacy Features</h1>
|
||||
|
||||
<p>On the Internet, information moves back and forth across public lines and through numerous connections. Without adequate protection, the privacy of personal information stored on your computer or transmitted over the Internet can be compromised in a variety of ways.</p>
|
||||
<p>Your browser includes features you can use to safeguard the privacy and security of your personal information at all times. The sections that follow describe how Netscape helps you control cookies, passwords, forms, and images while you are surfing the Internet.
|
||||
|
||||
<p>Fortunately, your browser includes features you can use to safeguard the privacy and security of your personal information at all times. The sections that follow describe how Netscape helps you control cookies, passwords, forms, and images while you are surfing the Internet.
|
||||
|
||||
<p>Many web sites publish their privacy policies according to the Platform for Privacy Preferences (P3P) standard. For information on how to take advantage of this emerging privacy standard, see <a href="using_priv_help.html#privacy_levels">Setting Privacy Levels</a>.
|
||||
<p>Some web sites publish their privacy policies according to the Platform for Privacy Preferences (P3P) standard. For information on how to customize your browser based on this standard, see <a href="using_priv_help.html#privacy_levels">Setting Privacy Levels</a>.
|
||||
|
||||
<p>For information about related Netscape security features, see <a href="mail_sec_help.html">Signing & Encrypting Messages</a> and <a href="using_certs_help.html">Using Certificates</a>.
|
||||
|
||||
|
|
@ -48,47 +46,16 @@
|
|||
|
||||
<p>This section summarizes some background information about privacy on the Internet. It also describes several things you can do to safeguard your own privacy.</p>
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
<p>For a more detailed discussion of privacy issues, see <a href="chrome://communicator/locale/wallet/privacy.html">Understanding Privacy</a>.</p>
|
||||
|
||||
<table cellpadding=4 cellspacing=2 bgcolor="#cccccc" Width=324>
|
||||
<tr>
|
||||
<td class="inthissections">
|
||||
<p>In this section:</p>
|
||||
<p><a href="#privacy_gatherinfo">How Does a Web Site Gather Information About Me?</a></p>
|
||||
<p><a href="#privacy_visit">What Information Does My Browser Give to a Web Site?</a></p>
|
||||
<p><a href="#privacy_cookies">What Are Cookies, and How Do They Work?</a></p>
|
||||
<p><a href="#privacy_unauth">How Do I Make Sure Unauthorized People Don't Use Information About Me?</a></p>
|
||||
<p><a href="#privacy_anon">How Can I Browse Anonymously?</a></p></td>
|
||||
<p><a href="#privacy_unauth">How Do I Make Sure Unauthorized People Don't Use Information About Me?</a></p></td>
|
||||
</tr>
|
||||
</table>
|
||||
|
||||
<p> </p>
|
||||
<a NAME="privacy_gatherinfo"></a>
|
||||
<h2>How Does a Web Site Gather Information About Me?</h2>
|
||||
|
||||
<p>There are two ways that a site can obtain information about you:
|
||||
|
||||
<ul>
|
||||
<li>When you view a web page, the web site receives some information about your computer in the page request that your browser makes on your behalf.
|
||||
<p>
|
||||
<li>If you fill out and submit an online form, the information you filled in is sent to the site.
|
||||
</ul>
|
||||
|
||||
<p>There are two ways for sites to store information about you:
|
||||
|
||||
<ul>
|
||||
<li>While your browser is getting a page from a web site, the site can ask to store a small amount of information about you on your own hard disk. This stored information is called a "cookie." A site that stores (or "sets") a cookie will ask your browser to let it read the cookie the next time you visit.
|
||||
<p>
|
||||
<li>Any information you give a web site (by filling out an online form) can be stored on the web site's computers.
|
||||
</ul>
|
||||
|
||||
<p>A web page <b>can't</b> find out your email address, name, or any
|
||||
other personal information unless you explicitly provide it.
|
||||
You are in control—no one can obtain personal information about
|
||||
you unless you allow it.
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
<p> </p>
|
||||
<a NAME="privacy_visit"></a>
|
||||
<a NAME="privacy_&_IP_addressSDX"></a>
|
||||
|
|
@ -96,31 +63,31 @@ you unless you allow it.
|
|||
|
||||
<p>When your browser displays a web page—for example, each time you click a link or type a URL—a small amount of information is given to the site. This information includes your operating environment, your Internet address (<i>not</i> your email address), and the page you're coming from.
|
||||
|
||||
<p><b>Operating Environment</b>
|
||||
<p> </p>
|
||||
<h3>Operating Environment</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
<p>The site is told something about your operating environment, such as
|
||||
your browser type and operating system. This helps the site present the page
|
||||
in the best way for your screen. For example, the site might learn that you
|
||||
use the French version of Netscape 6.2.3 on a Windows 2000 computer.
|
||||
|
||||
<p> </p>
|
||||
<a name="ip"></a>
|
||||
<p><b>Internet Address</b>
|
||||
<h3>Internet Address</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
<p>Your browser must tell the site your Internet address (also known as the Internet Protocol, or IP address) so the site knows where to send the page you are requesting. The site can't present the page you want to see unless it knows your IP address.
|
||||
|
||||
<p>Your IP address can be either temporary or fixed (static).
|
||||
|
||||
<p>If you connect to the Internet through a standard modem that's attached to your phone line, then your Internet service provider (ISP) assigns you a temporary IP address each time you log on. You use the temporary IP address for the duration of your Internet session. Each ISP has many IP addresses, and they assign the addresses at random to users. A web site can tell which ISP a temporary IP address comes from, but it can't learn anything about you personally from your temporary IP address.
|
||||
<p>If you connect to the Internet through a standard modem that's attached to your phone line, then your Internet service provider (ISP) assigns you a temporary IP address each time you log on. You use the temporary IP address for the duration of your Internet session. Each ISP has many IP addresses, and they assign the addresses at random to users. A web site can tell which ISP a temporary IP address comes from, but little else.
|
||||
|
||||
<p><b>Important:</b> Your IP address is <b>not</b> your email address. Your email address uniquely identifies you in cyberspace just as your social security number identifies you in the real world. A temporary IP address is no more a part of your identity than the phone number
|
||||
of a pay telephone you use to make a call.
|
||||
<p><b>Important:</b> Your IP address is <b>not</b> your email address. Your email address provides personally identifiable information about you much more readily than a temporary IP address can.
|
||||
|
||||
<p>If you have DSL, a cable modem, or a fiber-optic connection, you may have a fixed IP address that you use every time you connect.
|
||||
|
||||
<p>Whether your IP address is temporary or fixed, you might not want that information
|
||||
to be given to a site you intend to visit. To block your IP address from being given out, see <a href="#privacy_anon">How Can I Browse Anonymously?</a>.
|
||||
|
||||
<p><b>Referring Page</b>
|
||||
<p> </p>
|
||||
<h3>Referring Page</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
<p>The site is also told which page you were reading when you clicked a
|
||||
link to see one of the site's pages. This allows the site to know which
|
||||
|
|
@ -138,82 +105,62 @@ which of its pages you came from.
|
|||
|
||||
<p>Later, when you return to the site, your browser sends back the cookies that belong to the site.
|
||||
|
||||
<p>By default, this activity is invisible to you, and you won't know when a site is setting a cookie or when your browser is sending a web site's cookie back. However, you can set your preferences so that you will be asked before a cookie is set.
|
||||
<p>By default, this activity is invisible to you, and you won't know when a site is setting a cookie or when your browser is sending a web site's cookie back. However, you can set your preferences so that you will be asked before a cookie is set. For information on how to do this, see <a href="using_priv_help.html#privacy_levels">Setting Privacy Levels</a>.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Why Permit Cookies?</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
<p>There are times when it would be to your advantage to allow
|
||||
a site to know something about your previous visits.
|
||||
For example, if you were previously filling out a long form and got as
|
||||
far as page 17, it would be nice if the site could take you immediately
|
||||
to page 17 on your next visit.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Why Reject Cookies?</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
<p>If a site can store a cookie, it can keep track of everything you've done
|
||||
while visiting the site by writing these things into a cookie that it keeps
|
||||
updating. In this way, a site can build a profile on you.
|
||||
|
||||
<p>This may be a good thing or a bad thing depending on what the site
|
||||
does with the information. For example, it might be good if
|
||||
a bookseller knew you frequently looked for information on dogs so
|
||||
it could tell you about a new dog book. It might be bad if the bookseller then
|
||||
sold that information to the local dog pound so they could cross-check
|
||||
for potential dog owners who do not have valid dog licenses.
|
||||
|
||||
<p> </p>
|
||||
<a name="privacy_how"></a>
|
||||
<a NAME="cookies:foreignIDX"></a>
|
||||
<h3>How Do Sites Use Cookie Information?</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
<p>Web sites can use cookie information to tailor their presentations to you, and advertisers can use such information to target online ads to your interests and buying information. Reputable web sites have privacy policies that describe how they use the information they receive.
|
||||
|
||||
<p>When in doubt, check a web site's privacy policy before permitting a cookie to be set and before providing any personal information (such as your name and email address). To learn how to do this, see <a href="using_priv_help.html#form_forms">Viewing Privacy Policies</a>. For information on how to manage cookies with the aid of published privacy policies, see <a href="using_priv_help.html#privacy_levels">Setting Privacy Levels</a>.
|
||||
<p>Cookies allow a site to know something about your previous visits.
|
||||
For example, if you typically search for local weather or purchase books at a web site, the site may use cookies to remember what city you live in or what authors you like, so it can make your next visit easier and more useful.
|
||||
|
||||
<p>Reputable web sites publish privacy policies that describe how they use the information they receive.
|
||||
|
||||
<p>When in doubt, check a web site's privacy policy before permitting a cookie to be set and before providing any personal information (such as your name and email address). To learn how to do this, see <a href="using_priv_help.html#form_forms">Viewing Privacy Policies</a>.
|
||||
|
||||
<p>For information on how to manage cookies with the aid of published privacy policies, see <a href="using_priv_help.html#privacy_levels">Setting Privacy Levels</a>.
|
||||
</p>
|
||||
|
||||
<p> </p>
|
||||
<a name="privacy_foreign"></a>
|
||||
<a NAME="third-party_cookiesSDX"></a>
|
||||
<a NAME="cookies:foreignIDX"></a>
|
||||
<h3>What Are Foreign Cookies</h3>
|
||||
<h3>What Are Foreign Cookies?</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
<p>If your browser stores a site's cookie, it will return the cookie only to that particular site. Your browser will not provide one site with cookies set by another. Since a web site can only receive its own cookies, it can keep track of your activities while you are at that site but not your activities in general while surfing the Web.
|
||||
<p>If your browser stores a site's cookie, it will return the cookie only to that particular site. Your browser will not provide one site with cookies set by another. Since a web site can only receive its own cookies, it can keep learn about your activities while you are at that site but not your activities in general while surfing the Web.
|
||||
|
||||
<p>But suppose that while you visit site example.com, a cookie gets
|
||||
stored not by example.com but by a different site called example.net.
|
||||
example.com can cause that to happen very simply by displaying an image from
|
||||
example.net. So when you visit example.com your browser makes a side-trip to
|
||||
example.net to get the image, and example.net stores the cookie at that time.
|
||||
<p>But sometimes one web site displays content that is hosted on another web site. That content can be anything from an image to text or an advertisement. In such cases, the second web site also has the ability to store a cookie in your browser, even though you did not visit that site directly.
|
||||
|
||||
<p>If example.net enlists many sites to display its cookie-storing image,
|
||||
it can build up a cookie that contains information about your behavior at
|
||||
all those sites. The more sites that display example.net's image,
|
||||
the more encompassing a profile it can build on you.
|
||||
<p>Cookies that are stored by the site other than the one you
|
||||
think you are visiting are called <b>foreign cookies</b> or <b>third-party cookies.</b> If you
|
||||
want, you can adjust your preferences so that sites can store ordinary cookies only but not foreign ones.
|
||||
|
||||
<p>Such cookies that are stored by the site other than the one that you
|
||||
think you are visiting are called <i>foreign cookies</i>. If you
|
||||
are concerned about foreign cookies but not about ordinary cookies,
|
||||
you could give permission for sites to store ordinary cookies only but
|
||||
not foreign ones.
|
||||
|
||||
<p>You use the Cookie Manager to specify what types of cookies
|
||||
you want your browser to accept.
|
||||
<p>You use the Cookie Manager to specify what types of cookies you want your browser to accept. For details, see <a href = "using_priv_help.html#cookie_prefs">Privacy & Security Preferences - Cookies</a>.
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
<p> </p>
|
||||
<a NAME="privacy_unauth"></a>
|
||||
<h2>How Can I Make Sure Unauthorized People Don't Use Information About Me?</h2>
|
||||
|
||||
<p>The best way to keep your information private is to be cautious about providing it to others. The Internet is a public network. When you send your name, phone number, address, and other personal information over the network (via a web page, email, or any other method), that information may become available to others unless both you and the receipient take precautions and agree how it will be used.</p>
|
||||
<p>The best way to keep your information private is to be cautious about providing it to others. The Internet is a public network. When you send your name, phone number, address, and other personal information over the network (via a web page, email, or any other method), it is possible, though unlikely, that someone else can intercept it.</p>
|
||||
|
||||
<p>Providing your name, address, and phone number on the web is like having a listing in the telephone book. In fact, if you are listed in the white pages of the telephone book, your name, address, and phone number are probably listed in online directories and other databases on the World Wide Web. (Try looking yourself up in a directory such as People Finder or Yellow Pages.)</p>
|
||||
|
||||
<p>If a web site asks for information about you, always check the site's privacy policy before proceeding. Here are some questions you might ask about a web site's privacy policy:
|
||||
<p>If a web site asks for information about you, you should always check the site's privacy policy before proceeding. Here are some questions you might ask about a web site's privacy policy:
|
||||
|
||||
<ul>
|
||||
<li>What kinds of personal information is this site gathering?
|
||||
<li>How will the site use the information?
|
||||
<li>Will the site share the information with others, for purposes unrelated to my dealing with the site?
|
||||
<li>Will the site share the information with others and do I have choices regarding the use of any shared information?
|
||||
<li>Can I access some or all of the information a site gathers about me, in order to inspect or update it?
|
||||
<li>How does the site keep intruders from viewing the information?
|
||||
<li>How does the site protect the information?
|
||||
<li>How do I contact the web site if I have questions or problems?
|
||||
</ul>
|
||||
|
||||
<p>For information about checking a web site's privacy policy, see <a href="using_priv_help.html#form_forms">Viewing Privacy Policies</a>.
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
<p> </p>
|
||||
|
||||
<a NAME="privacy_anon"></a>
|
||||
|
|
@ -221,23 +168,6 @@ you want your browser to accept.
|
|||
<a NAME="privacy:IP_addressIDX"></a>
|
||||
<a NAME="protecting_your_IP_addressSDX"></a>
|
||||
|
||||
<h2>How Can I Browse Anonymously?</h2>
|
||||
|
||||
<p>When you request to see a page from a site, your browser must tell the site your <a href="#ip">Internet address</a> (IP address) so the site knows where to send the page. Your IP address can be either temporary or fixed (static).
|
||||
|
||||
<p>Whether your IP address is temporary or fixed, you might not want that information to be given to a site you intend to visit. But if your browser doesn't provide this information, the site won't know where to deliver the requested page. So this is the one piece of information that you can't ask
|
||||
your browser not to reveal.
|
||||
|
||||
<p>If you really want to hide your IP address from the site, you need to
|
||||
use some trusted intermediate site. You go to the intermediate site
|
||||
and tell it the name of the site whose page you want. The intermediate
|
||||
site requests the page on your behalf, using its own IP address as the
|
||||
return address. Then, when it gets the page, it forwards it on to
|
||||
you. The site that supplied the page never sees your IP address.
|
||||
|
||||
<p>Several sites exist that provide such services. Use your favorite
|
||||
search engine to find them---try search words such as "anonymous browsing".
|
||||
|
||||
<p>
|
||||
[ <A HREF="#using_maintain">Return to beginning of section</A> ]
|
||||
</p>
|
||||
|
|
@ -247,7 +177,7 @@ search engine to find them---try search words such as "anonymous browsing&q
|
|||
|
||||
<hr>
|
||||
|
||||
<p><i>21 May 2002</i></p>
|
||||
<p><i>30 May 2002</i></p>
|
||||
|
||||
<hr>
|
||||
<p>Copyright © 1998-2002 Netscape Communications Corporation.</p>
|
||||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
@ -13,11 +13,9 @@
|
|||
<a NAME="privacy:protectingIDX"></a>
|
||||
<hr><h1>Using Privacy Features</h1>
|
||||
|
||||
<p>On the Internet, information moves back and forth across public lines and through numerous connections. Without adequate protection, the privacy of personal information stored on your computer or transmitted over the Internet can be compromised in a variety of ways.</p>
|
||||
<p>Your browser includes features you can use to safeguard the privacy and security of your personal information at all times. The sections that follow describe how Netscape helps you control cookies, passwords, forms, and images while you are surfing the Internet.
|
||||
|
||||
<p>Fortunately, your browser includes features you can use to safeguard the privacy and security of your personal information at all times. The sections that follow describe how Netscape helps you control cookies, passwords, forms, and images while you are surfing the Internet.
|
||||
|
||||
<p>Many web sites publish their privacy policies according to the Platform for Privacy Preferences (P3P) standard. For information on how to take advantage of this emerging privacy standard, see <a href="using_priv_help.html#privacy_levels">Setting Privacy Levels</a>.
|
||||
<p>Some web sites publish their privacy policies according to the Platform for Privacy Preferences (P3P) standard. For information on how to customize your browser based on this standard, see <a href="using_priv_help.html#privacy_levels">Setting Privacy Levels</a>.
|
||||
|
||||
<p>For information about related Netscape security features, see <a href="mail_sec_help.html">Signing & Encrypting Messages</a> and <a href="using_certs_help.html">Using Certificates</a>.
|
||||
|
||||
|
|
@ -48,47 +46,16 @@
|
|||
|
||||
<p>This section summarizes some background information about privacy on the Internet. It also describes several things you can do to safeguard your own privacy.</p>
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
<p>For a more detailed discussion of privacy issues, see <a href="chrome://communicator/locale/wallet/privacy.html">Understanding Privacy</a>.</p>
|
||||
|
||||
<table cellpadding=4 cellspacing=2 bgcolor="#cccccc" Width=324>
|
||||
<tr>
|
||||
<td class="inthissections">
|
||||
<p>In this section:</p>
|
||||
<p><a href="#privacy_gatherinfo">How Does a Web Site Gather Information About Me?</a></p>
|
||||
<p><a href="#privacy_visit">What Information Does My Browser Give to a Web Site?</a></p>
|
||||
<p><a href="#privacy_cookies">What Are Cookies, and How Do They Work?</a></p>
|
||||
<p><a href="#privacy_unauth">How Do I Make Sure Unauthorized People Don't Use Information About Me?</a></p>
|
||||
<p><a href="#privacy_anon">How Can I Browse Anonymously?</a></p></td>
|
||||
<p><a href="#privacy_unauth">How Do I Make Sure Unauthorized People Don't Use Information About Me?</a></p></td>
|
||||
</tr>
|
||||
</table>
|
||||
|
||||
<p> </p>
|
||||
<a NAME="privacy_gatherinfo"></a>
|
||||
<h2>How Does a Web Site Gather Information About Me?</h2>
|
||||
|
||||
<p>There are two ways that a site can obtain information about you:
|
||||
|
||||
<ul>
|
||||
<li>When you view a web page, the web site receives some information about your computer in the page request that your browser makes on your behalf.
|
||||
<p>
|
||||
<li>If you fill out and submit an online form, the information you filled in is sent to the site.
|
||||
</ul>
|
||||
|
||||
<p>There are two ways for sites to store information about you:
|
||||
|
||||
<ul>
|
||||
<li>While your browser is getting a page from a web site, the site can ask to store a small amount of information about you on your own hard disk. This stored information is called a "cookie." A site that stores (or "sets") a cookie will ask your browser to let it read the cookie the next time you visit.
|
||||
<p>
|
||||
<li>Any information you give a web site (by filling out an online form) can be stored on the web site's computers.
|
||||
</ul>
|
||||
|
||||
<p>A web page <b>can't</b> find out your email address, name, or any
|
||||
other personal information unless you explicitly provide it.
|
||||
You are in control—no one can obtain personal information about
|
||||
you unless you allow it.
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
<p> </p>
|
||||
<a NAME="privacy_visit"></a>
|
||||
<a NAME="privacy_&_IP_addressSDX"></a>
|
||||
|
|
@ -96,31 +63,31 @@ you unless you allow it.
|
|||
|
||||
<p>When your browser displays a web page—for example, each time you click a link or type a URL—a small amount of information is given to the site. This information includes your operating environment, your Internet address (<i>not</i> your email address), and the page you're coming from.
|
||||
|
||||
<p><b>Operating Environment</b>
|
||||
<p> </p>
|
||||
<h3>Operating Environment</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
<p>The site is told something about your operating environment, such as
|
||||
your browser type and operating system. This helps the site present the page
|
||||
in the best way for your screen. For example, the site might learn that you
|
||||
use the French version of Netscape 6.2.3 on a Windows 2000 computer.
|
||||
|
||||
<p> </p>
|
||||
<a name="ip"></a>
|
||||
<p><b>Internet Address</b>
|
||||
<h3>Internet Address</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
<p>Your browser must tell the site your Internet address (also known as the Internet Protocol, or IP address) so the site knows where to send the page you are requesting. The site can't present the page you want to see unless it knows your IP address.
|
||||
|
||||
<p>Your IP address can be either temporary or fixed (static).
|
||||
|
||||
<p>If you connect to the Internet through a standard modem that's attached to your phone line, then your Internet service provider (ISP) assigns you a temporary IP address each time you log on. You use the temporary IP address for the duration of your Internet session. Each ISP has many IP addresses, and they assign the addresses at random to users. A web site can tell which ISP a temporary IP address comes from, but it can't learn anything about you personally from your temporary IP address.
|
||||
<p>If you connect to the Internet through a standard modem that's attached to your phone line, then your Internet service provider (ISP) assigns you a temporary IP address each time you log on. You use the temporary IP address for the duration of your Internet session. Each ISP has many IP addresses, and they assign the addresses at random to users. A web site can tell which ISP a temporary IP address comes from, but little else.
|
||||
|
||||
<p><b>Important:</b> Your IP address is <b>not</b> your email address. Your email address uniquely identifies you in cyberspace just as your social security number identifies you in the real world. A temporary IP address is no more a part of your identity than the phone number
|
||||
of a pay telephone you use to make a call.
|
||||
<p><b>Important:</b> Your IP address is <b>not</b> your email address. Your email address provides personally identifiable information about you much more readily than a temporary IP address can.
|
||||
|
||||
<p>If you have DSL, a cable modem, or a fiber-optic connection, you may have a fixed IP address that you use every time you connect.
|
||||
|
||||
<p>Whether your IP address is temporary or fixed, you might not want that information
|
||||
to be given to a site you intend to visit. To block your IP address from being given out, see <a href="#privacy_anon">How Can I Browse Anonymously?</a>.
|
||||
|
||||
<p><b>Referring Page</b>
|
||||
<p> </p>
|
||||
<h3>Referring Page</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
<p>The site is also told which page you were reading when you clicked a
|
||||
link to see one of the site's pages. This allows the site to know which
|
||||
|
|
@ -138,82 +105,62 @@ which of its pages you came from.
|
|||
|
||||
<p>Later, when you return to the site, your browser sends back the cookies that belong to the site.
|
||||
|
||||
<p>By default, this activity is invisible to you, and you won't know when a site is setting a cookie or when your browser is sending a web site's cookie back. However, you can set your preferences so that you will be asked before a cookie is set.
|
||||
<p>By default, this activity is invisible to you, and you won't know when a site is setting a cookie or when your browser is sending a web site's cookie back. However, you can set your preferences so that you will be asked before a cookie is set. For information on how to do this, see <a href="using_priv_help.html#privacy_levels">Setting Privacy Levels</a>.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Why Permit Cookies?</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
<p>There are times when it would be to your advantage to allow
|
||||
a site to know something about your previous visits.
|
||||
For example, if you were previously filling out a long form and got as
|
||||
far as page 17, it would be nice if the site could take you immediately
|
||||
to page 17 on your next visit.
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Why Reject Cookies?</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
<p>If a site can store a cookie, it can keep track of everything you've done
|
||||
while visiting the site by writing these things into a cookie that it keeps
|
||||
updating. In this way, a site can build a profile on you.
|
||||
|
||||
<p>This may be a good thing or a bad thing depending on what the site
|
||||
does with the information. For example, it might be good if
|
||||
a bookseller knew you frequently looked for information on dogs so
|
||||
it could tell you about a new dog book. It might be bad if the bookseller then
|
||||
sold that information to the local dog pound so they could cross-check
|
||||
for potential dog owners who do not have valid dog licenses.
|
||||
|
||||
<p> </p>
|
||||
<a name="privacy_how"></a>
|
||||
<a NAME="cookies:foreignIDX"></a>
|
||||
<h3>How Do Sites Use Cookie Information?</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
<p>Web sites can use cookie information to tailor their presentations to you, and advertisers can use such information to target online ads to your interests and buying information. Reputable web sites have privacy policies that describe how they use the information they receive.
|
||||
|
||||
<p>When in doubt, check a web site's privacy policy before permitting a cookie to be set and before providing any personal information (such as your name and email address). To learn how to do this, see <a href="using_priv_help.html#form_forms">Viewing Privacy Policies</a>. For information on how to manage cookies with the aid of published privacy policies, see <a href="using_priv_help.html#privacy_levels">Setting Privacy Levels</a>.
|
||||
<p>Cookies allow a site to know something about your previous visits.
|
||||
For example, if you typically search for local weather or purchase books at a web site, the site may use cookies to remember what city you live in or what authors you like, so it can make your next visit easier and more useful.
|
||||
|
||||
<p>Reputable web sites publish privacy policies that describe how they use the information they receive.
|
||||
|
||||
<p>When in doubt, check a web site's privacy policy before permitting a cookie to be set and before providing any personal information (such as your name and email address). To learn how to do this, see <a href="using_priv_help.html#form_forms">Viewing Privacy Policies</a>.
|
||||
|
||||
<p>For information on how to manage cookies with the aid of published privacy policies, see <a href="using_priv_help.html#privacy_levels">Setting Privacy Levels</a>.
|
||||
</p>
|
||||
|
||||
<p> </p>
|
||||
<a name="privacy_foreign"></a>
|
||||
<a NAME="third-party_cookiesSDX"></a>
|
||||
<a NAME="cookies:foreignIDX"></a>
|
||||
<h3>What Are Foreign Cookies</h3>
|
||||
<h3>What Are Foreign Cookies?</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
<p>If your browser stores a site's cookie, it will return the cookie only to that particular site. Your browser will not provide one site with cookies set by another. Since a web site can only receive its own cookies, it can keep track of your activities while you are at that site but not your activities in general while surfing the Web.
|
||||
<p>If your browser stores a site's cookie, it will return the cookie only to that particular site. Your browser will not provide one site with cookies set by another. Since a web site can only receive its own cookies, it can keep learn about your activities while you are at that site but not your activities in general while surfing the Web.
|
||||
|
||||
<p>But suppose that while you visit site example.com, a cookie gets
|
||||
stored not by example.com but by a different site called example.net.
|
||||
example.com can cause that to happen very simply by displaying an image from
|
||||
example.net. So when you visit example.com your browser makes a side-trip to
|
||||
example.net to get the image, and example.net stores the cookie at that time.
|
||||
<p>But sometimes one web site displays content that is hosted on another web site. That content can be anything from an image to text or an advertisement. In such cases, the second web site also has the ability to store a cookie in your browser, even though you did not visit that site directly.
|
||||
|
||||
<p>If example.net enlists many sites to display its cookie-storing image,
|
||||
it can build up a cookie that contains information about your behavior at
|
||||
all those sites. The more sites that display example.net's image,
|
||||
the more encompassing a profile it can build on you.
|
||||
<p>Cookies that are stored by the site other than the one you
|
||||
think you are visiting are called <b>foreign cookies</b> or <b>third-party cookies.</b> If you
|
||||
want, you can adjust your preferences so that sites can store ordinary cookies only but not foreign ones.
|
||||
|
||||
<p>Such cookies that are stored by the site other than the one that you
|
||||
think you are visiting are called <i>foreign cookies</i>. If you
|
||||
are concerned about foreign cookies but not about ordinary cookies,
|
||||
you could give permission for sites to store ordinary cookies only but
|
||||
not foreign ones.
|
||||
|
||||
<p>You use the Cookie Manager to specify what types of cookies
|
||||
you want your browser to accept.
|
||||
<p>You use the Cookie Manager to specify what types of cookies you want your browser to accept. For details, see <a href = "using_priv_help.html#cookie_prefs">Privacy & Security Preferences - Cookies</a>.
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
<p> </p>
|
||||
<a NAME="privacy_unauth"></a>
|
||||
<h2>How Can I Make Sure Unauthorized People Don't Use Information About Me?</h2>
|
||||
|
||||
<p>The best way to keep your information private is to be cautious about providing it to others. The Internet is a public network. When you send your name, phone number, address, and other personal information over the network (via a web page, email, or any other method), that information may become available to others unless both you and the receipient take precautions and agree how it will be used.</p>
|
||||
<p>The best way to keep your information private is to be cautious about providing it to others. The Internet is a public network. When you send your name, phone number, address, and other personal information over the network (via a web page, email, or any other method), it is possible, though unlikely, that someone else can intercept it.</p>
|
||||
|
||||
<p>Providing your name, address, and phone number on the web is like having a listing in the telephone book. In fact, if you are listed in the white pages of the telephone book, your name, address, and phone number are probably listed in online directories and other databases on the World Wide Web. (Try looking yourself up in a directory such as People Finder or Yellow Pages.)</p>
|
||||
|
||||
<p>If a web site asks for information about you, always check the site's privacy policy before proceeding. Here are some questions you might ask about a web site's privacy policy:
|
||||
<p>If a web site asks for information about you, you should always check the site's privacy policy before proceeding. Here are some questions you might ask about a web site's privacy policy:
|
||||
|
||||
<ul>
|
||||
<li>What kinds of personal information is this site gathering?
|
||||
<li>How will the site use the information?
|
||||
<li>Will the site share the information with others, for purposes unrelated to my dealing with the site?
|
||||
<li>Will the site share the information with others and do I have choices regarding the use of any shared information?
|
||||
<li>Can I access some or all of the information a site gathers about me, in order to inspect or update it?
|
||||
<li>How does the site keep intruders from viewing the information?
|
||||
<li>How does the site protect the information?
|
||||
<li>How do I contact the web site if I have questions or problems?
|
||||
</ul>
|
||||
|
||||
<p>For information about checking a web site's privacy policy, see <a href="using_priv_help.html#form_forms">Viewing Privacy Policies</a>.
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
<p> </p>
|
||||
|
||||
<a NAME="privacy_anon"></a>
|
||||
|
|
@ -221,23 +168,6 @@ you want your browser to accept.
|
|||
<a NAME="privacy:IP_addressIDX"></a>
|
||||
<a NAME="protecting_your_IP_addressSDX"></a>
|
||||
|
||||
<h2>How Can I Browse Anonymously?</h2>
|
||||
|
||||
<p>When you request to see a page from a site, your browser must tell the site your <a href="#ip">Internet address</a> (IP address) so the site knows where to send the page. Your IP address can be either temporary or fixed (static).
|
||||
|
||||
<p>Whether your IP address is temporary or fixed, you might not want that information to be given to a site you intend to visit. But if your browser doesn't provide this information, the site won't know where to deliver the requested page. So this is the one piece of information that you can't ask
|
||||
your browser not to reveal.
|
||||
|
||||
<p>If you really want to hide your IP address from the site, you need to
|
||||
use some trusted intermediate site. You go to the intermediate site
|
||||
and tell it the name of the site whose page you want. The intermediate
|
||||
site requests the page on your behalf, using its own IP address as the
|
||||
return address. Then, when it gets the page, it forwards it on to
|
||||
you. The site that supplied the page never sees your IP address.
|
||||
|
||||
<p>Several sites exist that provide such services. Use your favorite
|
||||
search engine to find them---try search words such as "anonymous browsing".
|
||||
|
||||
<p>
|
||||
[ <A HREF="#using_maintain">Return to beginning of section</A> ]
|
||||
</p>
|
||||
|
|
@ -247,7 +177,7 @@ search engine to find them---try search words such as "anonymous browsing&q
|
|||
|
||||
<hr>
|
||||
|
||||
<p><i>21 May 2002</i></p>
|
||||
<p><i>30 May 2002</i></p>
|
||||
|
||||
<hr>
|
||||
<p>Copyright © 1998-2002 Netscape Communications Corporation.</p>
|
||||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
@ -38,22 +38,24 @@
|
|||
|
||||
<ol>
|
||||
<li>Exit the browser. It is not possible to create a new profile while the Navigator, Mail, or any other component of your browser software is running.
|
||||
<li>Open the Profile Manager.
|
||||
<li>Open the Profile Manager:</li>
|
||||
<ul>
|
||||
<li>On Windows, open the Start menu and choose Programs, then Netscape 6, then Profile Manager.
|
||||
<li>On Windows, open the Start menu and choose Programs, then Netscape 7.0, then Profile Manager.
|
||||
<li>On Mac OS, open the Netscape folder and then double-click the Profile Manager.
|
||||
<li>On Linux, type the following at the command line: <tt> ./netscape -profilemanager</tt>
|
||||
</ul>
|
||||
<li>Click Create Profile, read the Profile description, and then click Next.
|
||||
<li>Enter a profile name. This can be anything you like, such as your real name or a name that's related to what you use the profile for, such as "School."
|
||||
<li>Accept the default directory for the storage of bookmarks and other information, or choose another directory.
|
||||
<li>If you have Language Packs or Regional Content Packs installed, click Region and choose the Language/Content set you want.
|
||||
<li>Accept the default location for the new profile, or click the Choose Folder button and navigate to the location you want.
|
||||
<li>If you have Language Packs or Regional Content Packs installed, click Region Selection and choose the Language/Content set you want.
|
||||
<li>Click Finish.
|
||||
</ol>
|
||||
|
||||
<p>The opening screen of the Profile Manager reappears, with the new profile listed and highlighted.
|
||||
|
||||
<p>To set up your browser for the new profile, click Start Netscape 6. You'll be asked to activate the new profile for use with Netscape Webmail, Netscape Instant Messenger, and custom My Netscape page. If you don't want to activate the new profile for these purposes at this time, click Cancel, and the program will open.
|
||||
<p>To set up your browser for the new profile, click Start Netscape 7.0. You'll be asked to register a screen name if you alreay have one) for use with Netscape Webmail, Netscape Instant Messenger, and custom My Netscape page. If you don't have a screen name, click Register Now to get one.
|
||||
|
||||
<p>If you don't want to register a screen name at this time, click Cancel, and the program will open. To register a screen name while Netscape is running, open the Help menu and choose Register Netscape.
|
||||
|
||||
<p>As you begin using the new profile, you will be asked for additional information as you perform tasks that require it—for example, checking your email.
|
||||
|
||||
|
|
@ -71,19 +73,19 @@
|
|||
<ol>
|
||||
<li>Exit the browser. It is not possible to create, delete, or rename a profile while the Navigator, Mail, or any other component of your browser software is running.
|
||||
|
||||
<li>Open the Profile Manager.
|
||||
<li>Open the Profile Manager:</li>
|
||||
<ul>
|
||||
<li>On Windows, open the Start menu and choose Programs, then Netscape 6, then Profile Manager.
|
||||
<li>On Windows, open the Start menu and choose Programs, then Netscape 7.0, then Profile Manager.
|
||||
<li>On Mac OS, open the Netscape folder and then double-click the Profile Manager.
|
||||
<li>On Linux, type the following at the command line: <tt>./netscape -profile</tt>
|
||||
</ul>
|
||||
<li>To delete a profile, select its name and click Delete Profile.
|
||||
<li>To rename a profile, select is name, click Rename Profile, and follow the instructions.
|
||||
<li>To rename a profile, select its name, click Rename Profile, and follow the instructions.
|
||||
</ol>
|
||||
|
||||
<hr>
|
||||
|
||||
<p><i>5 January 2002</i></p>
|
||||
<p><i>30 May 2002</i></p>
|
||||
|
||||
<hr>
|
||||
<p>Copyright © 1994-2002 Netscape Communications Corporation.</p>
|
||||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
@ -38,22 +38,24 @@
|
|||
|
||||
<ol>
|
||||
<li>Exit the browser. It is not possible to create a new profile while the Navigator, Mail, or any other component of your browser software is running.
|
||||
<li>Open the Profile Manager.
|
||||
<li>Open the Profile Manager:</li>
|
||||
<ul>
|
||||
<li>On Windows, open the Start menu and choose Programs, then Netscape 6, then Profile Manager.
|
||||
<li>On Windows, open the Start menu and choose Programs, then Netscape 7.0, then Profile Manager.
|
||||
<li>On Mac OS, open the Netscape folder and then double-click the Profile Manager.
|
||||
<li>On Linux, type the following at the command line: <tt> ./netscape -profilemanager</tt>
|
||||
</ul>
|
||||
<li>Click Create Profile, read the Profile description, and then click Next.
|
||||
<li>Enter a profile name. This can be anything you like, such as your real name or a name that's related to what you use the profile for, such as "School."
|
||||
<li>Accept the default directory for the storage of bookmarks and other information, or choose another directory.
|
||||
<li>If you have Language Packs or Regional Content Packs installed, click Region and choose the Language/Content set you want.
|
||||
<li>Accept the default location for the new profile, or click the Choose Folder button and navigate to the location you want.
|
||||
<li>If you have Language Packs or Regional Content Packs installed, click Region Selection and choose the Language/Content set you want.
|
||||
<li>Click Finish.
|
||||
</ol>
|
||||
|
||||
<p>The opening screen of the Profile Manager reappears, with the new profile listed and highlighted.
|
||||
|
||||
<p>To set up your browser for the new profile, click Start Netscape 6. You'll be asked to activate the new profile for use with Netscape Webmail, Netscape Instant Messenger, and custom My Netscape page. If you don't want to activate the new profile for these purposes at this time, click Cancel, and the program will open.
|
||||
<p>To set up your browser for the new profile, click Start Netscape 7.0. You'll be asked to register a screen name if you alreay have one) for use with Netscape Webmail, Netscape Instant Messenger, and custom My Netscape page. If you don't have a screen name, click Register Now to get one.
|
||||
|
||||
<p>If you don't want to register a screen name at this time, click Cancel, and the program will open. To register a screen name while Netscape is running, open the Help menu and choose Register Netscape.
|
||||
|
||||
<p>As you begin using the new profile, you will be asked for additional information as you perform tasks that require it—for example, checking your email.
|
||||
|
||||
|
|
@ -71,19 +73,19 @@
|
|||
<ol>
|
||||
<li>Exit the browser. It is not possible to create, delete, or rename a profile while the Navigator, Mail, or any other component of your browser software is running.
|
||||
|
||||
<li>Open the Profile Manager.
|
||||
<li>Open the Profile Manager:</li>
|
||||
<ul>
|
||||
<li>On Windows, open the Start menu and choose Programs, then Netscape 6, then Profile Manager.
|
||||
<li>On Windows, open the Start menu and choose Programs, then Netscape 7.0, then Profile Manager.
|
||||
<li>On Mac OS, open the Netscape folder and then double-click the Profile Manager.
|
||||
<li>On Linux, type the following at the command line: <tt>./netscape -profile</tt>
|
||||
</ul>
|
||||
<li>To delete a profile, select its name and click Delete Profile.
|
||||
<li>To rename a profile, select is name, click Rename Profile, and follow the instructions.
|
||||
<li>To rename a profile, select its name, click Rename Profile, and follow the instructions.
|
||||
</ol>
|
||||
|
||||
<hr>
|
||||
|
||||
<p><i>5 January 2002</i></p>
|
||||
<p><i>30 May 2002</i></p>
|
||||
|
||||
<hr>
|
||||
<p>Copyright © 1994-2002 Netscape Communications Corporation.</p>
|
||||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
@ -188,6 +188,8 @@ Using the Cookie Manager</h1>
|
|||
<p> </p>
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
<a NAME="turning_off_third-party_cookiesSDX"></a>
|
||||
<a NAME="turning_off_foreign_cookiesSDX"></a>
|
||||
<a NAME="preferences:cookiesIDX"></a>
|
||||
<a NAME="cookies:preferencesIDX"></a>
|
||||
<a NAME="cookie_prefs"></a><hr><h2>Privacy & Security Preferences - Cookies</h2>
|
||||
|
|
@ -537,7 +539,6 @@ Using the Cookie Manager</h1>
|
|||
|
||||
<p> </p>
|
||||
<a NAME="Form_Manager:usingIDX"></a>
|
||||
<a NAME="forms:filling_out_automaticallyIDX"></a>
|
||||
|
||||
<a NAME="using_forms"></a><hr><h1>Using the Form Manager</h1>
|
||||
|
||||
|
|
@ -563,6 +564,7 @@ Using the Cookie Manager</h1>
|
|||
|
||||
<p> </p>
|
||||
<a NAME="form_saveinfo"></a>
|
||||
<a NAME="forms:saving_dataIDX"></a>
|
||||
<h2>Saving Form Data</h2>
|
||||
|
||||
<p>When you fill out an online form, Form Manager normally detects the form and gives you an opportunity to save the personal data you entered into it. Soon, Form Manager will have enough data to begin filling out forms automatically.</p>
|
||||
|
|
@ -599,6 +601,9 @@ Using the Cookie Manager</h1>
|
|||
|
||||
<p> </p>
|
||||
<a NAME="form_auto"></a>
|
||||
<a NAME="forms:hidden_fields_inIDX"></a>
|
||||
<a NAME="hidden_form_fieldsSDX"></a>
|
||||
<a NAME="forms:filling_out_automaticallyIDX"></a>
|
||||
<h2>Filling Out Forms Automatically</h2>
|
||||
|
||||
<p>You can use the Form Manager to fill out forms automatically in two ways: either one field at a time, or multiple fields at once.
|
||||
|
|
@ -627,6 +632,16 @@ Using the Cookie Manager</h1>
|
|||
|
||||
</ol>
|
||||
|
||||
<p>In addition to providing a convenient way to confirm saved data and fill in a form all at once, the Prefill Form Data dialog box is useful for two reasons:
|
||||
|
||||
<ul>
|
||||
<li>Prefill Form Data can help you prevent malicious web sites from collecting data you are not aware of.
|
||||
|
||||
<p>For example, it's possible for a web site to hide a field on a form where you can't see it and specify that field to be a credit card number. If you prefill the form without first examining the information deisplayed in the Prefill Form Data dialog box, you may end up providing your credit card number to such a web site without realizing it. Prefill Form Data lets you see every value that will be provided to the site, allowing you to detect such tricks.
|
||||
|
||||
<li>Prefill Form Data allows you to select which of several saved values for a given field you want to use for a particular web site.
|
||||
</ul>
|
||||
|
||||
<p>
|
||||
[ <A HREF="#using_forms">Return to beginning of section</A> ]
|
||||
</p>
|
||||
|
|
@ -656,6 +671,7 @@ Using the Cookie Manager</h1>
|
|||
|
||||
<p> </p>
|
||||
<a NAME="form_data_view_edit"></a>
|
||||
<a NAME="forms:storing_data_fromIDX"></a>
|
||||
<h2>Managing Stored Form Data</h2>
|
||||
|
||||
<p>To examine or edit personal data that Form Manager has saved:
|
||||
|
|
@ -767,6 +783,11 @@ Using the Cookie Manager</h1>
|
|||
|
||||
<p>For a greater degree of security, you may want to protect the file with encryption. Encryption makes it nearly impossible for an unauthorized person to view your stored sensitive information.</p>
|
||||
|
||||
<p>Your decision about whether to use encryption for stored sensitive data is a tradeoff between improved security and convenience.
|
||||
|
||||
<p>If you use encryption, you will need to enter a master password periodically, which can be inconvenient. If you don't, it may be easier for a stranger who has access to your computer to steal your passwords.</p>
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
<table cellpadding=4 cellspacing=2 bgcolor="#cccccc" Width=324>
|
||||
<tr>
|
||||
<td class="inthissections">
|
||||
|
|
@ -1097,7 +1118,7 @@ site" in response to the Form Manager's request to store form data.
|
|||
|
||||
<hr>
|
||||
|
||||
<p><i>22 May 2002</i></p>
|
||||
<p><i>30 May 2002</i></p>
|
||||
|
||||
<hr>
|
||||
<p>Copyright © 1994-2002 Netscape Communications Corporation.</p>
|
||||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
@ -188,6 +188,8 @@ Using the Cookie Manager</h1>
|
|||
<p> </p>
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
<a NAME="turning_off_third-party_cookiesSDX"></a>
|
||||
<a NAME="turning_off_foreign_cookiesSDX"></a>
|
||||
<a NAME="preferences:cookiesIDX"></a>
|
||||
<a NAME="cookies:preferencesIDX"></a>
|
||||
<a NAME="cookie_prefs"></a><hr><h2>Privacy & Security Preferences - Cookies</h2>
|
||||
|
|
@ -537,7 +539,6 @@ Using the Cookie Manager</h1>
|
|||
|
||||
<p> </p>
|
||||
<a NAME="Form_Manager:usingIDX"></a>
|
||||
<a NAME="forms:filling_out_automaticallyIDX"></a>
|
||||
|
||||
<a NAME="using_forms"></a><hr><h1>Using the Form Manager</h1>
|
||||
|
||||
|
|
@ -563,6 +564,7 @@ Using the Cookie Manager</h1>
|
|||
|
||||
<p> </p>
|
||||
<a NAME="form_saveinfo"></a>
|
||||
<a NAME="forms:saving_dataIDX"></a>
|
||||
<h2>Saving Form Data</h2>
|
||||
|
||||
<p>When you fill out an online form, Form Manager normally detects the form and gives you an opportunity to save the personal data you entered into it. Soon, Form Manager will have enough data to begin filling out forms automatically.</p>
|
||||
|
|
@ -599,6 +601,9 @@ Using the Cookie Manager</h1>
|
|||
|
||||
<p> </p>
|
||||
<a NAME="form_auto"></a>
|
||||
<a NAME="forms:hidden_fields_inIDX"></a>
|
||||
<a NAME="hidden_form_fieldsSDX"></a>
|
||||
<a NAME="forms:filling_out_automaticallyIDX"></a>
|
||||
<h2>Filling Out Forms Automatically</h2>
|
||||
|
||||
<p>You can use the Form Manager to fill out forms automatically in two ways: either one field at a time, or multiple fields at once.
|
||||
|
|
@ -627,6 +632,16 @@ Using the Cookie Manager</h1>
|
|||
|
||||
</ol>
|
||||
|
||||
<p>In addition to providing a convenient way to confirm saved data and fill in a form all at once, the Prefill Form Data dialog box is useful for two reasons:
|
||||
|
||||
<ul>
|
||||
<li>Prefill Form Data can help you prevent malicious web sites from collecting data you are not aware of.
|
||||
|
||||
<p>For example, it's possible for a web site to hide a field on a form where you can't see it and specify that field to be a credit card number. If you prefill the form without first examining the information deisplayed in the Prefill Form Data dialog box, you may end up providing your credit card number to such a web site without realizing it. Prefill Form Data lets you see every value that will be provided to the site, allowing you to detect such tricks.
|
||||
|
||||
<li>Prefill Form Data allows you to select which of several saved values for a given field you want to use for a particular web site.
|
||||
</ul>
|
||||
|
||||
<p>
|
||||
[ <A HREF="#using_forms">Return to beginning of section</A> ]
|
||||
</p>
|
||||
|
|
@ -656,6 +671,7 @@ Using the Cookie Manager</h1>
|
|||
|
||||
<p> </p>
|
||||
<a NAME="form_data_view_edit"></a>
|
||||
<a NAME="forms:storing_data_fromIDX"></a>
|
||||
<h2>Managing Stored Form Data</h2>
|
||||
|
||||
<p>To examine or edit personal data that Form Manager has saved:
|
||||
|
|
@ -767,6 +783,11 @@ Using the Cookie Manager</h1>
|
|||
|
||||
<p>For a greater degree of security, you may want to protect the file with encryption. Encryption makes it nearly impossible for an unauthorized person to view your stored sensitive information.</p>
|
||||
|
||||
<p>Your decision about whether to use encryption for stored sensitive data is a tradeoff between improved security and convenience.
|
||||
|
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<p>If you use encryption, you will need to enter a master password periodically, which can be inconvenient. If you don't, it may be easier for a stranger who has access to your computer to steal your passwords.</p>
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