EFF System To Warn of Certificate Breaches

snydeq writes "With its distributed SSL Observatory, the Electronic Frontier Foundation hopes to detect compromised certificate authorities and warn users about attacks, InfoWorld reports. 'The EEF, along with developers at the Tor Project and consulting firm iSec Partners, has updated its existing HTTPS Everywhere program with the ability to anonymously report every certificate encountered. The group will analyze the data so that it can detect any rogue certificates — and by extension, compromised authorities — its users encounter, says Peter Eckersley, technology projects director for the EFF.'"

Comments

We'll see

[L1B3R4710N]

Sounds really good on paper (or, for the literal ones here, on webpage), but we'll see how it works in practice. I hope it does what it hopes to do, but who knows?

Re:HTTPS Everywhere

[MetalliQaZ]

I know Firefox is unpopular lately, but among the major browsers it stands out for Add-on support. Please direct complaints to MS/Google/Opera/etc.

I really love the HTTPS Everywhere tool, and I'm glad to see this news. Perhaps it can become popular enough to trigger "ports" to other browsers. EFF will also gladly accept your donations, long with which you could include a request for chrome/ie/opera support.