Comments on: SSL Infoquickie (with Bonus Firefox Pro-Tip!) http://blog.johnath.com/2008/10/21/ssl-infoquickie-with-bonus-firefox-pro-tip/ johnath in blog form Thu, 26 Jan 2012 13:11:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: jmdesp http://blog.johnath.com/2008/10/21/ssl-infoquickie-with-bonus-firefox-pro-tip/comment-page-1/#comment-211306 jmdesp Tue, 21 Oct 2008 21:48:35 +0000 http://blog.johnath.com/?p=170#comment-211306 It's nice to get such a statistic, but I think that most of the problematic sites will not be top 500. Using a self-signed cert is something that a lot of small sites would do, but almost no large size sites. But as they are a lot of small sized sites doing it, they probably end up representing a larger number of viewed pages than a few of the top 500 site (that's the "long tail" magic). It’s nice to get such a statistic, but I think that most of the problematic sites will not be top 500.

Using a self-signed cert is something that a lot of small sites would do, but almost no large size sites. But as they are a lot of small sized sites doing it, they probably end up representing a larger number of viewed pages than a few of the top 500 site (that’s the “long tail” magic).

]]> By: Stevo http://blog.johnath.com/2008/10/21/ssl-infoquickie-with-bonus-firefox-pro-tip/comment-page-1/#comment-211305 Stevo Tue, 21 Oct 2008 15:10:28 +0000 http://blog.johnath.com/?p=170#comment-211305 Any idea of EV adoption? Any idea of EV adoption?

]]> By: Jacopo http://blog.johnath.com/2008/10/21/ssl-infoquickie-with-bonus-firefox-pro-tip/comment-page-1/#comment-211303 Jacopo Tue, 21 Oct 2008 14:28:51 +0000 http://blog.johnath.com/?p=170#comment-211303 Another Firefox tip: there's an extension called Perspectives that "verifies" self-signed certs. The university servers access the site from various hosts in the world and verifying that the certificate is consistent over a period of time. While not the "Perfect Solution", it does protect you from some man-in-the-middle attacks. Another Firefox tip: there’s an extension called Perspectives
that “verifies” self-signed certs. The university servers access the site from various hosts in the world and verifying that the certificate is consistent over a period of time. While not the “Perfect Solution”, it does protect you from some man-in-the-middle attacks.

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