[empathy] help: caution users about using Ignore SSL Errors



commit bfbed98da971b55fe4f09987c5dad6bd5e66ad1d
Author: Michael Catanzaro <mcatanzaro gnome org>
Date:   Sat Aug 24 18:56:02 2013 -0500

    help: caution users about using Ignore SSL Errors
    
    Trusting the server is no reason to ignore SSL errors.  SSL is what you
    use to make sure you're talking to the server you trust
    
    https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=705326

 help/C/account-jabber.page |   11 +++++++----
 1 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
---
diff --git a/help/C/account-jabber.page b/help/C/account-jabber.page
index 116d7d1..0fbc2ba 100644
--- a/help/C/account-jabber.page
+++ b/help/C/account-jabber.page
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
       <e:review by="shaunm gnome org" date="2009-08-31" status="done"/>
       -->
     </revision>
+    <revision pkgversion="3.12" date="2015-02-03" status="review"/>
     <credit type="author">
       <name>Shaun McCance</name>
       <email>shaunm gnome org</email>
@@ -50,10 +51,12 @@
       required</gui> to prevent <app>Empathy</app> from communicating with
       the Jabber server when encryption is not possible.</p>
       <p>Some Jabber servers may encrypt data using invalid certificates,
-      or using certificates from unknown authorities.  If you trust the
-      server you are connecting to, you can select <gui>Ignore SSL
-      certificate errors</gui> to allow encrypted communication with
-      invalid certificates.</p>
+      or using certificates signed by unknown authorities.  You can select
+      <gui>Ignore SSL certificate errors</gui> to allow encrypted communication
+      with invalid certificates, but this allows an attacker to intercept your
+      communication with the server (including your password). You might want to
+      use this option for testing purposes, or if your server is broken and you
+      do not care about the security of your communication.</p>
     </item>
     <item>
       <title><gui>Resource</gui></title>


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