Forwarded From: Nicholas Charles Brawn <ncb05@uow.edu.au>
(url: http://mozilla-crypto.ssleay.org/press/19980401-02/index.html)
Mozilla Crypto Group achieves SSL enabled 'cryptozilla' in under 1 day.
Yesterday, at approximately 19:15pm AU (01:15am PST) Eric Young, Tim
Hudson and Michael Watkin completed the first running SSL-enabled Mozilla
binary (unofficially named cryptozilla), for Linux. It has been tested to
connect successfully with full-strength encryption to a range of SSL
enabled webservers from different sources onshore and offshore including
C2Net's Stronghold and Apache-SSL.
The Australian Academic network (AARNet) FTP mirrors at the University of
Queensland, a facility managed by DSTC Pty/Ltd (a Mozilla Crypto Group
Participant) began shadowing the source release at 04:01am, 1 minute after
it became visible in the USA. This was immediately made available to the
Mozilla Crypto Group. One hour and forty minutes later at 05:41am local
time, a Linux binary without crypto was functional. Throughout the day,
non-cryptographic binaries for other architectures including Windows-95/NT
Sun/Solaris and Digital Unix were confirmed, and after only 15 hours
elapsed time, and only 7 hours of tag-team coding, the secure browser was
working.
Binaries for as many architectures and operating systems as possible will
be made available for download as soon as pre-release debugging can be
finished. Sourcecode will be available late next week.
The first pre-release binary for Linux will be available at 1:30pm AEST
(7:30pm PST) on Thursday the 2nd of April.
ftp://mirror.aarnet.edu.au/pub/mozilla-crypto/cryptozilla-linux-0.1pre.gz
Much work remains to be done and the Mozilla Crypto Group expects to spend
the forseeable future implementing a fully functional browser, drawing on
the expertise of the group as a whole to enhance functionality, but the
most important first step has been taken.
The Mozilla Crypto Group is immensely proud of the achievement by Tim,
Eric and Michael! This development clearly demonstrates the key role the
Mozilla Crypto Group intends to play in the development of a publically
available web browser.
As one group Member, Clifford Heath from OSA Ltd put it:
"SSLeay and Mozilla aren't married yet, but it's certainly been a
passionate first encounter"
Further Details:
* Mozilla Crypto Group: http://mozilla-crypto.ssleay.org
* AARNet FTP Mirror: http://mirror.aarnet.edu.au
* DSTC Pty/Ltd: http://www.dstc.edu.au
* OSA Ltd: http://www.osa.com.au
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Received on Thu Apr 2 14:22:02 1998