[ale] Funny for the day

[DJPfulio at jdpfu.com (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
>     >