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Re: Mozilla tool to self-verify HTTPS site
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Victor.Duchovni@morganstanley.com)
Tue Jun 24 23:06:59 2003
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Date: Tue, 24 Jun 2003 22:45:43 -0400 (EDT)
From: Victor.Duchovni@morganstanley.com
To: Ian Grigg <iang@systemics.com>
Cc: cryptography@metzdowd.com
In-Reply-To: <3EF8DBCC.547943B3@systemics.com>
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 browser's toolbar.
>
How many users can remember MD5 checksums??? If they were rendered into
something pronounceable via S/Key like dictionaries it might be more
useful...
--
Viktor.
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