[ale] Funny for the day

[DJ-Pfulio]

Or just have the latest run in a container that thinks it is on F26?
I know that is possible under LXD - don't know how RH does that stuff.

https://github.com/mqasimca/Firefox is a GIST. "lxc" is the client tool
for LXD.


On 01/23/2018 02:47 PM, leam hall via Ale wrote:
> Yup, but I get paid to support the commercial clone. Staying on CentOS 6
> keeps my few brain cells on topic. Most of my needs are pretty minimal
> so I rarely run into issues. If it's important enough for me to bother
> with I compile from source.
> 
> On Tue, Jan 23, 2018 at 2:43 PM, DJ-Pfulio via Ale <ale at ale.org
> <mailto:ale at ale.org>> wrote:
> 
>     Fedora 26 to the rescue?
> 
>     Running a desktop on really old platforms brings lots of little
>     issues, IME.
> 
>     On 01/23/2018 12:08 PM, leam hall via Ale wrote:
>     > At home, through Comcast, so probably by definition untrusted.
>     > Interesting...
>     >
>     > The Firefox version is 6 major versions behind (52.x.x vs 58.x.x).
>     > Trying to upgrade fails due to FF wanting Gnome3 libraries. Chrome broke
>     > some months ago. Name servers or OpenDNS and Google.
>     >
>     > On Tue, Jan 23, 2018 at 11:57 AM, Scott Plante <splante at insightsys.com <mailto:splante at insightsys.com>
>     > <mailto:splante at insightsys.com <mailto:splante at insightsys.com>>> wrote:
>     >
>     >     Works for me in Chrome (openSUSE & Mac). I see:
>     >
>     >         Issued by: SSL.com Premium EV CA
>     >
>     >         Expires: Monday, November 19, 2018 at 6:59:59 PM Eastern
>     >         Standard Time
>     >         Serial Number: NV20081614243
>     >         SHA-256 Fingerprint: 91 9B E3 02 2A 80 91 47 3D 40 1E 99 58 25
>     >         42 FB DD E4 4F 59 F6 DF E1 DE 52 18 7E A1 C1 A0 2D F2
>     >
>     >
>     >     Are you at home or work, on a relatively trusted Internet
>     >     connection? Is it possible you're hitting a man-in-the-middle site? 
>     >
>     >     --
>     >     Scott Plante
>     >     404-873-0058 x104 <tel:404-873-0058%20x104>
>     <tel:%28404%29%20873-0058>
>     >
>     >
>     >   
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>     >     *From: *"Leam Hall via Ale" <ale at ale.org <mailto:ale at ale.org>
>     <mailto:ale at ale.org <mailto:ale at ale.org>>>
>     >     *To: *"Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts" <ale at ale.org
>     <mailto:ale at ale.org> <mailto:ale at ale.org <mailto:ale at ale.org>>>
>     >     *Sent: *Tuesday, January 23, 2018 10:02:43 AM
>     >     *Subject: *[ale] Funny for the day
>     >
>     >
>     >     Doing some research on SSL certificates and a Google hit goes to
>     >     ssl.com <http://ssl.com> <http://ssl.com>:
>     >
>     >     ####
>     >
>     >     Your connection is not secure
>     >
>     >     The website tried to negotiate an inadequate level of security.
>     >
>     >     ssl.com <http://ssl.com> <http://ssl.com> uses security
>     technology that is outdated
>     >     and vulnerable to
>     >     attack. An attacker could easily reveal information which you
>     >     thought to
>     >     be safe. The website administrator will need to fix the server first
>     >     before you can visit the site.
>     >
>     >     Error code: NS_ERROR_NET_INADEQUATE_SECURITY
>     >