Re: netscape 4.73 & fortify (potato)

["Gary Hennigan" <glhenni@sandia.gov>]

JudiElaine <bush@grey-cat.com> writes:
> As an extremely conservative user i have just upgraded to
> potato (and, since in the moment i upgraded something was
> wrong because some important library was deleted, hosing my
> complete system, my conservatism has been reinforced -- i had
> done slink -> potato upgrades successfully before, too).
> 
> Fortify doesn't recognize the executable I'm giving it.
> The script 
> 
> /usr/lib/netscape/473/communicator/communicator-smotif
> 
> refers to
> 
>       base_loc=/usr/lib/netscape/base-4
>       nsremote=${base_loc}/netscape-remote
> 
> so when i try
> 
>       fortify /usr/lib/netscape/base-4/netscape-remote
> 
> the executable is not recognized.
> 
> I shouldn't be suprised since
> 
>       lynx file:/usr/share/doc/fortify/README.html#versions
> 
> only lists up to version 4.72.
> 
> Anyone have any recommendations as to forcing the fortify,
> downgrading netscape, or waiting for fortify to be upgraded?

First, via dselect, you can choose any of about 3 or 4 versions of
netscape to be installed on your system, possibly even
simultaneously. You can remove 4.73 and install 4.72 if that's what
you want, or you might be able to have them both installed. Of course
you can also use apt-get to install, for example, 4.72:

apt-get install netscape-smotif-472 

will probably do the trick.

I believe that due to the "relaxation" of US export control on
cryptographic technology fortify will not be supporting any of the
Netscape 4.73 or greater products.

Personally I downloaded the 4.73 *.tar.gz navigator file directly from
Netscape, with strong encryption built in, and installed it in
/usr/local.

Gary