Two students at Carnegie Mellon University have developed free software that helps verify the authenticity of Web sites to avoid “man-in-the-middle” attacks, which reroute Web traffic to unauthorized computers.
The
program gives users extra help in verifying the legitimacy of the Web site
they’re about to visit. Most browsers
already warn users when a site displays a dubious security certificate,
but some users get confused by the warnings.
The software works as a Firefox extension that is compatible with
the latest version of the browser.
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