Netscape v4.7.3 Release Notes

1999–2004May 8, 2000Dana BaggettInternet
are here. The update includes:

* Security fixes that address Javascript cookie exploitation and SSL (Secure Socket Layer) vulnerability.
* AOL Instant Messenger (AIM) 3.0
* Shop@Netscape button (click this to go to Netscape's on-line shopping center)
* Netscape Radio radio service -- allows you to listen to live, continuously programmed radio stations featuring different music styles. (To launch to Netscape Radio, select Radio from the Communicator menu.)
* Macromedia Flash 4.0
* Simplified process for obtaining digital certificates
* New 56-bit DES ciphers added to both export and US versions (requires new SSL cipher suite server-side)
* Various bug fixes.

[Dana Baggett]

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