User: Mengoxon

Re:S/MIME support?

On: Mozilla 0.7 Released

I have the same problem. On the Mozilla website (see http://www.mozilla.org/projects/security/pki/psm/) it says:

Standards Support

Cryptographic operations supported by Personal Security Manager on behalf of Mozilla, Netscape 6, Netscape Communicator 4.7, and other client applications include:

SSL v2 and v3. SSL authentication, encryption, and tamper detection.
TLS. IETF version of SSL.
S/MIME (not yet integrated into Mozilla). Signed and encrypted email (using separate signing and encryption keys if desired).
PKCS #5. Encryption for private key storage.
PKCS #7. Signing operations.
PKCS #11. Communication with PKCS #11 modules and associated cryptographic tokens (such as smart cards).
PKCS #12. Export and import of certificates and associated private keys.
CRMF/CMMF. Communication with a certificate authority (CA).
OCSP. Real-time confirmation of certificate validity.

I guess that means that Mozilla is committed to bringing out e-mail encryption at least in the 1.0 version. At the end of the link it is also stated that they are working on publishing a roadmap for the Personal Security Manager. I guess once this is published it will reveal when about they plan to integrate S/MIME.