[Adium-devl] Padlocks & Security

[Evan Schoenberg]

On Oct 17, 2007, at 11:25 PM, Colin Barrett wrote:

> On Oct 17, 2007, at 8:21 PM, Peter Hosey wrote:
>
>> On Oct 17, 2007, at 20:00:53, Colin Barrett wrote:
>>> Is showing this SSL information useful? Can it be inferred from
>>> prefs? If we do want this information to be in UI, how do we
>>> display it in a way that doesn't confuse people, and doesn't give
>>> users the wrong impression.
>>
>> What if we use the certificate icon instead to mean “SSL”?
>
> Not a bad idea. Could we get a UI hooked up to show information about
> the certificate if it was clicked (and maybe a rollover state as  
> well?)

It's worth pointing out, in response, that libpurple HEAD (which we're  
using in trunk) has support for SSL certificate verification/ 
validation/details, but only if using GnuTLS for SSL. We're currently  
using OpenSSL, which ships with OS X.

-Evan