SSL News
Is Mozilla's SSL policy bad for the Web?
Nat Tuck Thu has posted about how Mozilla's policy of displaying harsh warning when a site uses an untrusted certificate is causing many sites to not use SSL when they should be.
GlobalSign Launches SSL Deployment Technology
GlobalSign leading provider of online security solutions, has announced "AutoCSR" and "One-Click SSL" two new SSL deployment technologies that will revolutionize the way hosting companies provision SSL Certificates to hosting customers.
What Would It Take To Have Open CA Authorities?
The Slashdot crowd has opened a discussion about the possibility of a free, open Certificate Authority. A few pointed out the currently free alternative CAs and their problems while many brought it back to the purpose of SSL and a Public Key Infrastructure.
Who is using the latest web browser?
New research paper shows that as of June 2008, only 59.1% percent of Internet users worldwide use the latest major version of their preferred web browser. How does using the latest browser affect your online security?
Google Releases Web Application Security Tool ratproxy
Google has released a web application security tool to find potential vulnerabilities in your web applications.
SSL Added to Pirate Bay
In order to combat new Swedish wiretaps, Pirate is adding SSL to the site.
When are self-signed certificates acceptable?
This question was posted on Slashdot and it solicited many different responses. A lot of people are confused about the purpose of SSL certificates.
Low-tech SSL certificate maintenance
Edd Dumbill posted a short article on how to do some SSL certificate maintenance when you are using your own certificate authority.
Firefox 3 Released with EV Support
The new version of Firefox, Firefox 3, was released today. High on its list of important new features is its support for EV SSL certificates and other security features.
Detect Bad Debian OpenSSL Certificates Using Firefox
Márton Anka has created a Firefox extension that can recognize when a web site you are using has an SSL Certificate created using a flawed version of Debian's OpenSSL.
