Firefox Add-On protects against Man in the middle attacks.
usrbingeek | Aug 27, 2008 | 0 comments
A Firefox 3 Add-On has been released by Carnegie Mellon University that can protect you from “Man in the middle attacks,” which allow malicious users to intercept your web traffic while it flows over the internet, reports TechRadar.com.
Perspectives employs a set of friendly sites that independently check whether they’re receiving the same authentication information (digital certificates) from online banking, retail and other financial websites.
If one notary gets different information than the browser or other notaries, it is possible that an attacker has compromised the connection – either by ‘spoofing’ Domain Name System (DNS) entries or possibly because you’ve accidentally logged on to a malicous Wi-Fi hotspot pretending to a genuine provider. In either case, Perspectives will alert you.
If one notary gets different information than the browser or other notaries, it is possible that an attacker has compromised the connection – either by ‘spoofing’ Domain Name System (DNS) entries or possibly because you’ve accidentally logged on to a malicous Wi-Fi hotspot pretending to a genuine provider. In either case, Perspectives will alert you.
Download Perspectives from Carnegie Mellon
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