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Spoofing SSL in Firefox 3
May 20, 2008, 12 :45 UTC (5 Talkback[s]) (9396 reads)

(Other stories by Eddy Nigg)

[ Thanks to Eddy Nigg for this link. ]

"I’m running dutifully the pre-release versions of Firefox 3 since the alpha releases and have seen the changes the browser has made during this time. A big surprise was however how something very significant changed suddenly after updating to the first release candidate. Before that, I had always the address bar colored in yellow when connected to a secure site. Needless to say that due to my job, that most site I’m accessing are secured, being it internal administrative interfaces, our own public sites or that of our subscribers (which need some help here and there). I’m sure I’m not the only one who has his eyes trained to look for that indicator.

"As with Firefox 3 release candidate 1 the yellow address bar is gone--he address bar remains white as with regular pages, there is no padlock to see nor any other visual indicator..."

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Related Stories:
internetnews.com: Path to Firefox 2.0 is Cleared(Nov 09, 2006)
CNET News: Hackers Claim Zero-Day Flaw in Firefox(Oct 02, 2006)
ZDNet UK: Firefox 'Not Being Aggressive Enough'(Aug 03, 2006)
TechWeb: Trojan Spoofs Firefox Extension, Steals IDs(Jul 26, 2006)


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Phishing attacks often make use of false ...   Phishing   
Yim
May 20, 2008, 20:29:14
 
The article is missing the point. The vi ...   Learn before blindly agreeing   
Toby Haynes
May 20, 2008, 20:39:50
 
Although there's also been some stin ...   I agree with TOBY, it's BETTER than the old wa   
rickst29
May 20, 2008, 20:56:34
 
You mention some interesting features, a ...   Re: Toby & rickst29   
Yim
May 21, 2008, 07:15:00
 
I do agree now that some important conte ...   Missing context   
Yim
May 21, 2008, 18:18:10
 
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