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ongoing privacy & security help content updates, r=oeschger (mostly Cookie Mgr, Password Mgr, and related files)
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<p><i>12/07/2001</i></p>
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<p>Copyright © 1994-2001 Netscape Communications Corporation.</p>
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<p><i>11 January 2002</i></p>
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<p>Copyright © 1994-2002 Netscape Communications Corporation.</p>
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<a NAME="using_certs_settings"></a>
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<a NAME="certificates:settingsIDX"></a>
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<a NAME="settings:certificateIDX"></a>
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<hr><h1>Certificate Settings</h1>
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<p>This section describes how to set your certificate preferences and how to use the Certificate Manager, Device Manager, and other dialog boxes related to certificates.
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<p>For step-by-step descriptions of various tasks related to certificates, see <A HREF="#using_certs_first">Using Certificates section</A> .
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<p> </p>
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<table cellpadding=4 cellspacing=2 bgcolor="#cccccc" Width=324>
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<td class="inthissection">
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<p>In this section:</p>
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<p><a href="#certs_prefs_help_first">Certificate Preferences</a></p>
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<p><a href="certs_help.html">Certificate Manager</a></p>
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<p><a href="certs_help.html#Security_Devices">Device Manager</a></p>
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<p><a href="cert_dialog_help.html">Certificate Information and Decisions</a></p>
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</td>
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</tr>
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</table>
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<p> </p>
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<a NAME="certs_prefs_help_first"></a>
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<a NAME="certificates:preferencesIDX"></a>
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<h2>Privacy & Security Preferences - Certificates</h2>
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<hr><h1>Privacy & Security Preferences - Certificates</h1>
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<p>This section describes use the Certificates preferences panel. To view Certificates preferences, follow these steps:
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<ol>
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</p>
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<hr>
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<p><i>8/31/2001</i></p>
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<p>Copyright © 1998-2001 The Mozilla Organization.</p>
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<p><i>January 11 2002</i></p>
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<p>Copyright © 1998-2002 The Mozilla Organization.</p>
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<a NAME="passwords_first"></a>
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<a NAME="passwords:settings_forIDX"></a>
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<a NAME="password_settings"></a>
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<hr>
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<h1>Password Settings</h1>
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<p>This section describes how to set your password preferences, set your Master Password, and control other aspects of password handling.
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<p>For step-by-step descriptions of various tasks related to passwords, see <a href="using_priv_help.html#using_password">Using the Password Manager</a>.
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<p>
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<table cellpadding=4 cellspacing=2 bgcolor="#cccccc" Width=324>
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<tr>
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<td class="inthissections">
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<p>In this section:</p>
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<p><a href="#passwords_first">Privacy & Security Preferences - Web Passwords</a></p>
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<p><a href="#Master_Password_Timeout">Privacy & Security Preferences - Master Passwords</a></p>
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<p><a href="#Change_Master_Password">Change Master Password</a></p>
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<p><a href="#Reset_Master_Password">Reset Master Password</a>
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</td>
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</tr>
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</table>
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<a NAME="passwords:preferencesIDX"></a>
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<a NAME="passwords_first"></a>
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<hr>
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<h2>Privacy & Security Preferences - Web Passwords</h2>
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<p>This section describes how to use the Web Passwords panel. If you are not already viewing the panel, follow these steps:
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<p>This section describes the Web Passwords preferences panel. If you're not already viewing it, follow these steps:
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<ol>
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<li>Open the Edit menu and choose Preferences.
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<li>Under the Privacy & Security category, choose Web Passwords. (If no subcategories are visible, double-click the category to expand the list.)
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</ol>
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<p> </p>
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<p>
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<a NAME="Password_Manager"></a>
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<a NAME="Password_Manager:preferencesIDX"></a>
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<h3>Password Manager</h3>
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<p>Password Manager stores your user names and passwords on your computer's hard disk and enters them for you automatically when you visit the sites that require them. For detailed information about using Password Manager, including how to override it for individual sites and how to view and manage stored passwords, see <a href="using_priv_help.html#using_password">Using the Password Manager</a>
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<p>Password Manager preferences allow you to
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<ul>
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<li><b>Remember passwords for sites that require me to log in:</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>View Stored Passwords:</b> Click this button to view information about your stored passwords and the sites whose user names and passwords you don't want to be stored.
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</ul>
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<p>To activate Password Manager so that it automatically stores your user names and passwords and enters them for you as necessary, select the checkbox in the Web Passwords panel labeled "Remember passwords for sites that require me to log in."
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<p>For detailed information about using Password Manager, including how to override it for individual sites and how to view and manage stored passwords, see <a href="using_priv_help.html#using_password">Using the Password Manager</a>.
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<p>To turn off Password Manager, deselect the same checkbox.
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<p>
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<h3>Encrypting Versus Obscuring</h3>
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<p>If you use Password Manager or Form Manager to save passwords and personal data, then 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>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>To turn on encryption for sensitive information stored on your computer, select the checkbox in the Web Passwords panel labeled "Use encryption when storing sensitive data." 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. For an overview of the steps involved, see <a href="using_priv_help.html#using_encrypt">Encrypting Stored Sensitive Information</a>.
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<p>To turn off encryption for sensitive information, so that it is obscured but not encrypted, deselect the checkbox.
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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>For more details, see <a href="passwords_help.html#using_encrypt">Encrypting Stored Sensitive Information</a>.
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<p>
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[ <A HREF="#passwords_first">Return to beginning of Web Passwords section</A> ]
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</p>
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<p> </p>
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<a NAME="passwords:timeout_for_master_passwordIDX"></a>
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<a NAME="master_password:preferencesIDX"></a>
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<h2>Privacy & Security Preferences - Master Passwords</h2>
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<hr><h2>Privacy & Security Preferences - Master Passwords</h2>
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<p>This section describes how to use the Master Passwords panel. If you are not already viewing the panel, follow these steps:
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<p>This section describes the Master Passwords preferences panel. If you are not already viewing it, follow these steps:
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<ol>
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<li>Open the Edit menu and choose Preferences.
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<td class="inthissection">
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<td class="inthissections">
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<p>In this section:</p>
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<p><a href="#Change_Master_Password">Change Master Password</a></p>
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<p><a href="#Master_Password">Master Password Timout</a>
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<p><a href="#Reset_Master_Password">Reset Master Password</a>
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<p><a href="#change_mp_prefs">Change Master Password</a></p>
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<p><a href="#Master_Password">Master Password Timeout</a></p>
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<p><a href="#reset_mp_prefs">Reset Master Password</a>
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</table>
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<p>
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<p> </p>
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<a NAME="Change_Master_Password"></a>
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<a NAME="master_password:changingIDX"></a>
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<a NAME="master_password:aboutIDX"></a>
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<a NAME="change_mp_prefs"></a>
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<h3>Change Master Password</h3>
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<p>A master password protects a security device, which is a software or hardware device that stores sensitive information associated with your identity, such as keys or certificates. 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 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>To set or change any of your master passwords, click the Change Password button in the Master Passwords preferences panel (or open the Tasks menu, then choose Privacy & Security, Password Manager, and Change Master Password).
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<p>You can then use the Set Master Password dialog box to provide the following information:
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<ul>
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<p><b>Security Device:</b> Each security device requires a separate master password. For example, if you are using one or more smart cards to store some of your certificates, you should set a separate master password for each one. If more than one security device is available, a pop-up menu at the top of the Set Master Password dialog box allows you to choose the device whose password you want to change.</P>
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<p><b>Current password:</b> If you are changing an existing master password, you must first type the current password. If you don't type the current password correctly, you will see the message "Incorrect password entered" after you click OK. If this happens, your password has not been changed and you must start all over again.
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<p><b>New password:</b> Type your new password into this field.
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<p><b>New password (again):</b> Type your new password again. If you don't type it the second time exactly as you did the first time, the OK button remains inactive. If this happens, try typing the new password again.
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<p>If someone uses your computer who knows or can guess your master password, that person may be able to access web sites while pretending to be you. This can be dangerous—for example, if you manage your financial accounts over the Internet.
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<p>Therefore, it's important to select a master password that's difficult to guess. The <b>password quality meter</b> gives you a rough idea of the quality of your password as you type it based on factors such as length and the use of uppercase letters, lowercase letters, numbers, and symbols. For further guidelines, see the online document <a href="http://home.netscape.com/security/basics/passwords.html" TARGET="_blank">Choosing a Good Password</a>.
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<p>It's also important to record your master password in a safe place—and<b> not </b>anywhere that's easily accessible to someone else. If you forget this password, you may not be able to access important information, such as web sites that require passwords or certificates stored on your computer. </P>
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[ <A HREF="#Master_Password_Timeout">Return to beginning of Master Passwords section</A> ]
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</p>
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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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<h3>Reset Master Password</h3>
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<p><b>Warning:</b> If you reset your master password, you will permanently erase all the 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>.
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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.
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<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.
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<p>If you are really sure that you want to reset your master password:
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<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>
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<p>This section describes the Change Master Password dialog box. If you're not already viewing it, follow these steps:
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<li>Open the Edit menu and choose Preferences.
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<p>A master password protects a security device, which is a software or hardware device that stores sensitive information associated with your identity, such as keys or certificates. 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 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>You use the Change Master Password dialog box to provide the following information:
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<li><b>Security Device:</b> Each security device requires a separate master password. For example, if you are using one or more smart cards to store some of your certificates, you should set a separate master password for each one. If more than one security device is available, a pop-up menu at the top of the Set Master Password dialog box allows you to choose the device whose password you want to change.</P>
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<li><b>Current password:</b> If you are changing an existing master password, you must first type the current password. If you don't type the current password correctly, you will see the message "Incorrect password entered" after you click OK. If this happens, your password has not been changed and you must start all over again.
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<li><b>New password:</b> Type your new password into this field.
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<li><b>New password (again):</b> Type your new password again. If you don't type it the second time exactly as you did the first time, the OK button remains inactive. If this happens, try typing the new password again.
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<p>If someone uses your computer who knows or can guess your master password, that person may be able to access web sites while pretending to be you. This can be dangerous—for example, if you manage your financial accounts over the Internet.
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<p>Therefore, it's important to select a master password that's difficult to guess. The <b>password quality meter</b> gives you a rough idea of the quality of your password as you type it based on factors such as length and the use of uppercase letters, lowercase letters, numbers, and symbols. For further guidelines, see the online document <a href="http://home.netscape.com/security/basics/passwords.html" TARGET="_blank">Choosing a Good Password</a>.
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<p>It's also important to record your master password in a safe place—and<b> not </b>anywhere that's easily accessible to someone else. If you forget this password, you may not be able to access important information, such as web sites that require passwords or certificates stored on your computer. </P>
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<p>This section describes the Reset Master Password dialog box. If you're not already viewing it, follow these steps:
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<li>Under the Privacy & Security category, choose Master Passwords. (If no subcategories are visible, double-click the category to expand the list.)
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<p><b>Warning:</b> If you reset your master password, you will permanently erase all the 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>.
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<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:
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<li>To view stored Password Manager data, see <a href="using_priv_help.html#passwords_view">Managing Stored Passwords</a>.
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<li>To view stored Form Manager data, see <a href="using_priv_help.html#form_saveinfo">Saving Information from Forms</a>.
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<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>.
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<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.
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<p><i>12/5/2001</i></p>
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<p>Copyright © 1994-2001 Netscape Communications Corporation.</p>
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<li>Click the Privacy & Security category. If no subcategories are visible, double-click the category to expand the list, then click the name for the preferences you want to view or change.
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<p>For help with a panel's settings, click the Help button in the lower-right corner.
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<p><i>12/10/2001</i></p>
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<p>Copyright © 1994-2001 Netscape Communications Corporation.</p>
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<p><i>11 December 2002</i></p>
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<p>Copyright © 1994-2002 Netscape Communications Corporation.</p>
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<p>Copyright © 1994-2001 Netscape Communications Corporation.</p>
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<p><a href="#using_certs_devices">Managing Smart Cards and Other Security Devices</a></p>
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<p><a href="#using_certs_ssl">Managing SSL Warnings and Settings</a></p>
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<p><a href="#using_certs_validation">Managing Validation Settings</a></p>
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<p><a href="#using_certs_settings">Certificate Settings</a></p>
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</p>
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<hr>
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<p><i>8/31/2001</i></p>
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<p>Copyright © 1998-2001 The Mozilla Organization.</p>
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<p><i>January 11 2002</i></p>
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<p>Copyright © 1998-2002 The Mozilla Organization.</p>
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</body>
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</html>
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<p> </p>
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<a NAME="cookie_prefs"></a>
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<a NAME="cookies:preferencesIDX"></a>
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<hr><h2>Privacy & Security Preferences - Cookies</h2>
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</ol>
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<p> </p>
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<table cellpadding=4 cellspacing=2 bgcolor="#cccccc" Width=324>
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<tr>
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<td class="inthissections">
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<p>In this section:</p>
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<p><a href="#level_of_privacy">Level of Privacy</a></p>
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<p><a href="#cookie_acceptance">Cookie Acceptance Policy</a></p>
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</td>
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</tr>
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</table>
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<p> </p>
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<a name="level_of_privacy"></a>
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<h3>Level of Privacy</h3>
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<p>The level of privacy you set here determines how your browser treats cookies according to privacy policies published by some web sites and the settings displayed under Cookie Acceptance Policy for first party and third party cookies.
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</ul>
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<p> </p>
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<a name="cookie_acceptance"></a>
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<h3>Cookie Acceptance Policy</h3>
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<p>If you select the "custom" level of privacy in the top portion of the Privacy Levels dialog box, you can choose from three different settings in each of the eight categories shown in the bottom portion. You can choose one of these options for each category:
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<ul>
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<li><b>Site has no privacy policy:</b> This kind of site does not publish any kind of privacy policy. There is no way of knowing what kinds of information such sites collect or what they do with it. In general, it's safest to reject cookies set by such sites, esecially third-party cookies.
|
||||
<li><b>Site collects personally identifiable information without your consent:</b> This kind of site publishes a privacy policy, but does not ask your permission when they collect information about your online activities. If you are concerned about such information being collected without your knowledge, you should reject cookies from such sites, especially third-party cookies.
|
||||
<li><b>Site collects personally identifiable information with only your implicit consent:</b> <b>[what does "implicit" mean?]</b>
|
||||
<li><b>Site does not collect personally identifiable information without your implicit consent:</b> This kind of site is relatively less dangerous, since you are warned, and given a chance to reject the request, each time such a site attempts to collect information about you. As for the other types of sites, third-party cookies are considered more dangerous than first party cookies.
|
||||
<li><b>Site collects personally identifiable information with only your implicit consent:</b> This kind of site collects information about you based on your privacy level settings, but without asking you explicitly each time it does so
|
||||
<li><b>Site does not collect personally identifiable information without your explicit consent:</b> This kind of site is relatively less dangerous, since you are warned, and given a chance to reject the request, each time such a site attempts to collect information about you. As for the other types of sites, third-party cookies are considered more dangerous than first party cookies.
|
||||
</ul>
|
||||
<p> </p>
|
||||
<a NAME="using_password"></a>
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||||
@ -384,6 +398,8 @@
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||||
<p><a href="#passwords_auto">Entering User Names and Passwords Automatically</a></p>
|
||||
<p><a href="#passwords_onoff">Turning Password Manager On and Off</a></p>
|
||||
<p><a href="#passwords_view">Viewing and Managing Stored Passwords</a></p>
|
||||
<p><a href="passwords_help.html">Password Settings</a></p>
|
||||
|
||||
</td>
|
||||
</tr>
|
||||
</table>
|
||||
@ -393,18 +409,22 @@
|
||||
<a NAME="passwords_manage"></a>
|
||||
<h2>Using Password Manager to Remember User Names and Passwords</h2>
|
||||
|
||||
<p>When you enter your user name and password at a web site a dialog box appears asking, "Do you want Password Manager to remember this logon?" You can choose the following options:</p>
|
||||
<p>When Password Manager is turned on, it gives you an opportunity to save usernames and passwords that you enter while using the Internet.
|
||||
|
||||
<p>For example, when you log onto your email account or a web site that requries a password, a dialog box appears asking, "Do you want Password Manager to remember this logon?" When you see this dialog box, you can click one of the following buttons:</p>
|
||||
|
||||
<ul>
|
||||
<li><b>Yes</b>. The next time you return to the web site you'll see that your user name and password are already filled in.</li>
|
||||
<li><b>Yes:</b> The next time you return to the web site you'll see that your user name and password are already filled in.</li>
|
||||
|
||||
<li><b>Never for this site</b>. Password Manager will not ask in the future if you want to save your user name and password for that site.</li>
|
||||
<li><b>Never for this site:</b> Password Manager will not ask in the future if you want to save your user name and password for that site.</li>
|
||||
|
||||
<li><b>No</b>. Password Manager won't remember the user name and password, but will ask again the next time you visit the site.</li>
|
||||
<li><b>No:</b> Password Manager won't remember the user name and password, but will ask again the next time you visit the site.</li>
|
||||
</ul>
|
||||
|
||||
<p>Password Manager saves your user names and passwords on your own computer in a file that's difficult, but not impossible, for an intruder to read. See <a href="#using_encrypt">Encrypting Stored Sensitive Information</a> for information on protecting your stored user names and passwords with encryption technology.
|
||||
|
||||
<p>If the Password Manager dialog box described above does not appear when you click Submit after typing your username and password, Password Manager may be turned off. To turn it on, follow the instructions at <a href="#passwords_onoff">Turning Password Manager On and Off</a>.
|
||||
|
||||
<p> </p>
|
||||
<a NAME="passwords_auto"></a>
|
||||
<h2>Entering User Names and Passwords Automatically</h2>
|
||||
@ -419,10 +439,12 @@
|
||||
|
||||
<ol>
|
||||
<li>Open the Edit menu and choose Preferences.
|
||||
<li>From the Privacy & Security category, choose Web Passwords. (If no subcategories are visible, double-click the category to expand the list.)
|
||||
<li>Under the Privacy & Security category, choose Web Passwords. (If no subcategories are visible, double-click the category to expand the list.)
|
||||
<li>In the Password Manager section, deselect "Remember passwords for sites that require me to log in" to turn Password Manager off.
|
||||
</ol>
|
||||
|
||||
<p>To turn Password Manager on, follow steps 1 and 2 above, but select the checkbox in step 3 rather than deselecting it.
|
||||
|
||||
<p> </p>
|
||||
<a NAME="passwords_view"></a>
|
||||
<h2>Managing Stored Passwords</h2>
|
||||
@ -432,7 +454,7 @@
|
||||
<ol>
|
||||
<li>Open the Tasks menu, choose Privacy & Security, and then choose Password Manager.
|
||||
<li>Select View Stored Passwords from the submenu. You see the Password Manager window.</li>
|
||||
<li>Click the Passwords Saved tab. You see a list of all the stored user names. (Passwords are not listed.)
|
||||
<li>Click the Passwords Saved tab. You see a list of all the stored user names. (Passwords are not listed.)</li>
|
||||
<ul>
|
||||
<li>To remove a user name, click it and then click Remove. The next time you visit the web site, you will be asked to enter your password.</li>
|
||||
<li>Click the Passwords Never Saved tab to see a list of the web sites for which you instructed Password Manager never to store user names. To remove a web site from this list, click it and then click Remove. The next time you visit the web site, you will be asked if you want Password Manager to save the user name and password for that site.</li>
|
||||
@ -604,11 +626,11 @@
|
||||
<p>Make sure your new password is difficult to guess. For some guidelines, see the online document <a href="http://home.netscape.com/security/basics/passwords.html" TARGET="_blank">Choosing a Good Password</a>.
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
<p> </p>
|
||||
<a NAME="encrypt_change"></a>
|
||||
<h2>Changing Your Master Password</h2>
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
<p>To change your master password:
|
||||
<ol>
|
||||
<li>Open the Tasks menu, choose Privacy & Security, and then choose Password Manager.</li>
|
||||
@ -760,10 +782,10 @@
|
||||
|
||||
<hr>
|
||||
|
||||
<p><i>4 January 2002</i></p>
|
||||
<p><i>11 January 2002</i></p>
|
||||
|
||||
<hr>
|
||||
<p>Copyright © 1994-2001 Netscape Communications Corporation.</p>
|
||||
<p>Copyright © 1994-2002 Netscape Communications Corporation.</p>
|
||||
|
||||
</body>
|
||||
</html>
|
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|
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