If you are using Xandros Linux Deluxe 3.01 and running CrossOver Office 4.1-2 to run Internet Explorer 6.x you may have noticed that you cannot connect to nor view any web page on a SSL-secured web site. This is because IE, when running under Xandros/CrossOver, has its cipher strength set to 0-bits (open IE's Help menu, then click on "About Internet Explorer" to display the cipher strength, among other things). Why this is so, is not clear to me but a check of the support forum at Xandros found the following work-around:
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Navigate to your /home/USERNAME/.cxoffice/dotwine directory (substitute your own login name for "USERNAME" when navigating to the directory).
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Make a backup copy of the system.reg file found in that directory.
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After making the copy, open the original system.reg file with your text editor.
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Find the following line and delete only that line: "ComputerName"="localhost.localdomain"
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Save your change and exit the text editor.
This worked for me and I now have 128-bit cipher strength in Internet Explorer and I can now access secure sites.
Aloha!
Comments (1)
[q]because IE, ..., has its cipher strength set to 0-bits [/q]
Sounds like an improvement already :)
Posted by sjon | December 27, 2005 9:42 PM
Posted on December 27, 2005 21:42