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> <channel><title>gHacks Technology News &#124; Latest Tech News, Software And Tutorials &#187; formfox</title> <atom:link href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/formfox/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><link>http://www.ghacks.net</link> <description>A technology news blog covering software, mobile phones, gadgets, security, the Internet and other relevant areas.</description> <lastBuildDate>Sat, 11 Feb 2012 09:52:46 +0000</lastBuildDate> <language>en</language> <sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod> <sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency> <generator>http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1</generator> <atom:link rel="hub" href="http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com"/><atom:link rel="hub" href="http://superfeedr.com/hubbub"/> <item><title>Increase Firefox Security With FormFox</title><link>http://www.ghacks.net/2009/05/27/firefox-security/</link> <comments>http://www.ghacks.net/2009/05/27/firefox-security/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 27 May 2009 09:29:05 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Martin Brinkmann</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Browsing]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Firefox]]></category> <category><![CDATA[firefox add-ons]]></category> <category><![CDATA[firefox security]]></category> <category><![CDATA[firefox-extensions]]></category> <category><![CDATA[form fox]]></category> <category><![CDATA[formfox]]></category> <category><![CDATA[mozilla-firefox]]></category> <category><![CDATA[web browser]]></category> <category><![CDATA[web forms]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.ghacks.net/?p=13098</guid> <description><![CDATA[Add-ons can increase the security of the Firefox web browser. Popular extensions like NoScript, Safe SSL or Safe Cache add additional security layers to the web browser. Form Fox is another security add-on for the Firefox web browser. It deals with web forms as the name suggests and displays the destination url of the submit [...]]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img
src="http://www.ghacks.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/firefox.png" alt="firefox" title="firefox" width="113" height="109" class="alignleft size-full wp-image-12575" />Add-ons can increase the security of the Firefox web browser. Popular extensions like <a
href="http://www.ghacks.net/2009/03/31/force-ssl-https-connections-in-noscript/">NoScript</a>, <a
href="http://www.ghacks.net/2009/04/27/increase-internet-security-with-safe-ssl/">Safe SSL</a> or <a
href="http://www.ghacks.net/2007/10/21/safe-cache-and-history-for-firefox/">Safe Cache</a> add additional security layers to the web browser.</p><p>Form Fox is another security add-on for the Firefox web browser. It deals with web forms as the name suggests and displays the destination url of the submit button in an overlay. Attackers use web forms to submit the data to one of their servers instead of the original server. The problem is that inexperienced users have a hard time checking the destination of the web form on a website as it is visible in the source code of the website.</p><p><span
id="more-13098"></span>Even experienced users might not want to check the destination every time they visit the website as this turns out to be quite time consuming when done on every visit.</p><p>Form Fox displays the destination directly in an overlay when the user hovers the mouse cursor over the submit form which automates the manual method of looking up a web forms destination url.</p><p><img
src="http://www.ghacks.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/firefox_security.jpg" alt="firefox security" title="firefox security" width="432" height="171" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-13097" /></p><p>A rule of thumb is that a web form is usually safe if it links to a page on the same domain whereas links to other domains should be analyzed carefully before submitting the form data. <a
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