444315 - Cipher is misspelled in SSL_ERROR_NO_CYPHER_OVERLAP

Status: VERIFIED WONTFIX

(NSS :: Libraries, defect)

Description

[timeless]

/en-GB/security/manager/chrome/pipnss/nsserrors.properties (View change log or blame annotations)
* line 3 -- SSL_ERROR_NO_CYPHER_OVERLAP=Cannot communicate securely with peer: no common encryption algorithm(s).

Found one matching line

I know that cypher is a barely acceptable alternate spelling (there's a wikipedia page that talks about it, it isn't even current/recommended for British and hasn't been for hundreds of years), but...

http://mxr.mozilla.org/l10n/search?string=cipher&find=en-GB
/en-GB/security/manager/chrome/pipnss/nsserrors.properties (View change log or blame annotations)
    * line 20 -- SSL_ERROR_UNKNOWN_CIPHER_SUITE=An unknown SSL cipher suite has been requested.
    * line 21 -- SSL_ERROR_NO_CIPHERS_SUPPORTED=No cipher suites are present and enabled in this program.
    * line 35 -- SSL_ERROR_RX_MALFORMED_CHANGE_CIPHER=SSL received a malformed Change Cipher Spec record.
    * line 49 -- SSL_ERROR_RX_UNEXPECTED_CHANGE_CIPHER=SSL received an unexpected Change Cipher Spec record.
    * line 68 -- SSL_ERROR_ENCRYPTION_FAILURE=Bulk data encryption algorithm failed in selected cipher suite.
    * line 69 -- SSL_ERROR_DECRYPTION_FAILURE=Bulk data decryption algorithm failed in selected cipher suite.
    * line 76 -- SSL_ERROR_PUB_KEY_SIZE_LIMIT_EXCEEDED=SSL Server attempted to use domestic-grade public key with export cipher suite.
    * line 78 -- SSL_ERROR_INIT_CIPHER_SUITE_FAILURE=Failed to initialise the selected cipher suite.
    * line 97 -- SSL_ERROR_INSUFFICIENT_SECURITY_ALERT=Server requires ciphers more secure than those supported by client.
/en-GB/security/manager/chrome/pipnss/pipnss.properties (View change log or blame annotations)
    * line 171 -- CertDumpKUEnc=Key Encipherment
    * line 172 -- CertDumpKUDEnc=Data Encipherment
/en-GB/mail/chrome/messenger-smime/msgSecurityInfo.properties (View change log or blame annotations)
    * line 20 -- SIInvalidCipher=The message was signed using an encryption strength that this version of your software does not support.
    * line 42 -- EIInvalidCipher=The message was encrypted using an encryption strength that this version of your software does not support.

Found 13 matching lines in 3 files

Comment 1

[Nelson Bolyard (seldom reads bugmail)]

Backward compatibility requirements require that this remain as it is.