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Firefox: How to easier identify secure web sites before entering passwords

Thursday Mar 26, 2009

Recently, I encountered an article on Heise Security (for the English version, click here) and found it very useful. The article recommended to change the property browser.identity.ssl_domain_display from 0 to 1 in about:config so that the area in which the favicon is displayed (left to the URL line) will also display the domain name. The change will make it much easier to identify a secure web sit before entering personal or otherwise sensitive information like passwords, so I also recommend it. You can find screen shots at the bottom of the mentioned article.

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Programmer's top 25...

Wednesday Jan 14, 2009

... programming errors with regards to security have been published a few days ago here, grouped into

I believe it's a good idea to read through the list from time to time, or to use it when planning QA.

Read a related article on Heise Online here. For the original German version, click here.

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