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Firefox 3 handling of SSL certificates is bad for the Web

  
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Firefox 3 handling of SSL certificates is bad for the Web
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Firefox 3 handling of SSL certificates is bad for the Web
Quote:Mozilla Firefox 3 limits usable encrypted (SSL) web sites to those who are willing to pay money to one of their approved digital certificate vendors. This policy is bad for the web. Not only does it make users less secure overall by reducing the number of encrypted connections, it damages the basic principle of equality among web participants.

The problem is this: When a Firefox 3 user visits an encrypted web site with a self-signed certificate or a certificate signed by an unapproved (new or non-profit) provider, Firefox doesn’t show the page. Instead, it shows a scary "you are being hacked"-style warning that requires 4 clicks and an "add an exception" dialog box to bypass...

full article: http://www.cs.uml.edu/~ntuck/mozilla/
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