Configuring
Netscape Security
Staring Point
One begins accessing any security setting by selecting the "Security
Icon" on the "Navigation Toolbar" at the top of "Netscape Navigator". This
Toolbar is illustrated in the following figure and the "Security Icon"
is shaded red.
Clicking on the "Security Icon", ,
displays the "Security Info" page shown in the following figure.
"Security Info" Page
All security settings for all Communicator functions can be reached
via one of the links listed in the white-colored field of the "Security
Info" page.

Clicking on the "Passwords" link (red shaded
box in the above figure) triggers the display of the "Passwords"
page illustrated below.

Remember that if you select either of the password options other than
"Every time your certificate is needed", there will be some period of time
after you last used your private key that anyone can use it without your
password.
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