Misc. Ramblings

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:

1. Navigate to your /home/USERNAME/.cxoffice/dotwine directory (substitute your own login name for "USERNAME" when navigating to the directory).

2. Make a backup copy of the system.reg file found in that directory.

3. After making the copy, open the original system.reg file with your text editor.

4. Find the following line and delete only that line: "ComputerName"="localhost.localdomain"

5. 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!