Friday, July 15. 2005
Simple Anti-Phishing tool
A new firefox extension is a simple and effective addition to the Anti-Fraud arsenal.
The Petname Extension simply allows you to assign a descriptive name to any SSL-enabled website, then displays that name whenever it sees that same SSL certificate.
Any browser tricks or redirections will become obvious when you "Pet Name" for the website isn't displayed.
JaBbA recommends.
UPDATE I probably should have pointed out - this is a very small implementation of a new idea called a "Security Skin". See Bruce Schneier and this paper (PDF).
The Petname Extension simply allows you to assign a descriptive name to any SSL-enabled website, then displays that name whenever it sees that same SSL certificate.
Any browser tricks or redirections will become obvious when you "Pet Name" for the website isn't displayed.
JaBbA recommends.
UPDATE I probably should have pointed out - this is a very small implementation of a new idea called a "Security Skin". See Bruce Schneier and this paper (PDF).
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