It's a toolbar for Mozilla (and related web browsers) that automatically
displays the SHA1 or MD5 fingerprint of the SSL certificate when you visit
an SSL secured web site. You could of course click the little padlock icon
and dig through a couple of dialogs to see it, but it's much easier when
http://sslbar.metropipe.net/
Fantastic news: coders are starting to work
on the failed security model of secure browsing
and improve it where it matters, in the browser.
This plugin for Mozilla shows the SSL certificate's
fingerprint on the web browser's toolbar.
It's a small step for the
It's a toolbar for Mozilla (and related web browsers) that automatically
displays the SHA1 or MD5 fingerprint of the SSL certificate when you visit
an SSL secured web site. You could of course click the little padlock icon
and dig through a couple of dialogs to see it, but it's much easier
On Tue, 24 Jun 2003, Ian Grigg wrote:
http://sslbar.metropipe.net/
Fantastic news: coders are starting to work
on the failed security model of secure browsing
and improve it where it matters, in the browser.
This plugin for Mozilla shows the SSL certificate's
fingerprint on the web
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
How many users can remember MD5 checksums??? If they were rendered into
something pronounceable via S/Key like dictionaries it might be more
useful...
You forgot this bit:
It's a small step for the user, but a giant leap
for userland security. It means that
