New firefox 3 security extension

http://news.softpedia.com/news/Firefox-Extension-Boosts-Browser-Security-92475.shtml

Seems a good idea, interesting to see if it will work with other security extensions.

Tried to install but got an error on latest Firefox (Pt-Br language).

Where did you try to install it from ?
http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~perspectives/index.html

I first downloaded the .xpi file and scanned with avast and installed it off-line with no problems.

The same. Trying again…

Installed without incident on my system. Thanks :slight_smile:

Hi bob3160,

It’s an interesting concept, but if you don’t need to work with sites having self-signed certificates (i.e. you don’t do development or remote server administration) it’s of little general use.
If you work a proxy inside Fx 3, then you won’t get to the Notaries.
It can override the normal Certificate Security, so "darned"know what you are doing.
If you are not into Web Development yourself it may be of little use.

polonus

So, you do not recommend it, as it is no use, to common users?

Hi Tech,

I would like to advise this for testers and advanced users only. If you are a searcher and you want to circumvent a certain certificate to get at certain content, and you know the site is not malicious by checking the link, it could have certain advantages. That use is a bit far fetched, I would qualify it for those that use extensions in the realm of hackbar or the user of Google hacks, etc.

Another use of this also for the normal user that knows what he or she is doing is on Certs that just are out of date or in the process of being renewed, there it could circumvent really nasty Fx annoyances.

I have it on my Minfield, because I have the web developer toolbar and I like to have it for testing purposes.
I do noit like these resrictions, but I can see restrictions can be a very good security net for the “newby or the n00b”-users not to get trapped. I guess you Tech have less need for it than bob3160, because bob3160 has his own websites running,

pol

Uninstalling it…

Hi users of Perspectives,

Test it out here:
https://moo.cmcl.cs.cmu.edu/perspectives/index.php

pol

Test is fine.