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Under what circumstances will the Firefox 3.x Web browser initiate an encrypted SSL 2.0 connection with a Web server?

  1. When the Web server specifically requests it via an HTTP header

  2. For all URLs beginning with an https: scheme identifier

  3. Only when the user has enabled support in the advanced configuration options

  4. When the user has identified the Web server as a trusted host
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Explanation

Firefox 3.x disabled SSL 2.0 by default due to security vulnerabilities; it only supports SSL 2.0 when users explicitly enable it in about:config advanced settings. Modern browsers use SSL 3.0 and TLS instead.

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