[Pidgin] FAQssl modified

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Wed Jul 11 20:32:08 EDT 2012


Changed page "FAQssl" by nosnilmot from 82.68.229.142*
Page URL: <http://developer.pidgin.im/wiki/FAQssl>
Diff URL: <http://developer.pidgin.im/wiki/FAQssl?action=diff&version=21>
Revision 21
Comment: this page may now be dangerous to your health

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 = Frequently Asked Questions About SSL =
 
 This information was compiled by [mailto:stu at nosnilmot.com Stu Tomlinson] with much help from [irc://chat.freenode.net/pidgin #pidgin].
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+Many of the library and application versions mentioned below are out of date and potentially have security vulnerabilities, the information may however still be helpful for getting current releases installed in your environment.
 
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 Note that libgnutls and libgnutls-dev from Debian Woody are known '''NOT''' to work.
 
-=== Fedora Core 1, 2, and 3 ===
-Please upgrade to a more recent distribution.
-
-=== Fedora Core 4, 5, and 6 ===
-Use the Pidgin-provided [http://pidgin.im/pidgin/download/fedora_core/ yum repository].
+=== Fedora Core < 16 ===
+Please upgrade to a more recent distribution and use the distribution provided packages
 
 === FreeBSD 5.1 ===
 Compile from source.  See the notes below.  As we understand it, GNUTLS no longer works for FreeBSD users; Pidgin will work fine with the NSS from ports (nss-3.8):
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 Compile from source.  See the notes below for GNUTLS versions that have been reported to work.
 
 === Red Hat Linux 9 and earlier ===
-Please join this century and upgrade to a newer distribution, such as the current release of Fedora Core.
+Please join this century and upgrade to a newer distribution, such as the current release of Fedora.
 
 === Slackware 9.1, 10, and 10.1 ===
 There are sometimes third-party packages for these Slackware distributions [http://linuxpackages.net here].

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