gHacks technology news » ssl connection http://www.ghacks.net A technology blog covering software, mobile phones, gadgets, security, the Internet and other relevant areas. Tue, 24 Nov 2009 11:26:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en hourly 1 Increase Internet Security With Safe SSL http://www.ghacks.net/2009/04/27/increase-internet-security-with-safe-ssl/ http://www.ghacks.net/2009/04/27/increase-internet-security-with-safe-ssl/#comments Mon, 27 Apr 2009 18:17:31 +0000 Martin http://www.ghacks.net/?p=12401 firefoxSafe is an extension for the Firefox Internet browser that increases Internet security quite a bit by visualizing safe SSL connections to the user. We have covered similar security extensions and applications in the past which changed the display of the address bar of the web browser to increase security. Today’s Internet users encounter SSL connections regularly. All trustworthy shopping sites and financial websites make use of SSL to increase the security of their users. Phishing, a form of attack that lures Internet users on fake sites that resemble the original websites, on the other hand is still on the rise mostly because users are not educated enough to be able to identify phishing attempts but also because of carelessness.

Visualizing secure SSL connections might be exactly what users need to avoid phishing websites but also services that are careless about sensible data (that is do not use SSL to protect the connections). Safe will color all tabs that make use of a secure SSL connection so that users of every level can identify them on first glance. It will furthermore draw a visible border in the same color around the screen to make it even easier to identify a website that is using SSL to increase the security of their users.

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That visualization of a secure SSL connection should be reason enough to install it. The add-on is very handy for users who feel insecure on the Internet giving them a visual confirmation if they visit a secure website.

The extension offers a second feature that seems to be a bit buggy in the current version. It will display a status bar icon that is supposed to change color when hoovering over a form submission button that is using the SSL protocol. This means it should display a yellow color when hoovering over the login button at Gmail or PayPal.

It should also be noted that the border that is drawn around the screen will reduce the screen estate for the website. This can be problematic for users that run low screen resolutions.

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