Are 'Sealed' Websites Any Safer?
As consumers become more concerned about protecting their information online, more "secure" labels have emerged, each promising to serve as a "Good Housekeeping seal of approval" for Website security. Hacker Safe and ControlScan, for example, prove that a site has been vulnerability-scanned. The new Extended Validation SSL (EV SSL) moniker, championed by digital certificate vendors such as VeriSign and Cybertrust, help verify that a site is not a phish or a phony.
Read the article HERE.
Read the article HERE.
posted by vanish at 9:38 AM
1 Comments:
I’m not quite sure that Extended Validation SSL certificates are such a great idea ...
In a recent post on Clipperz blog, I highlighted the following issues:
- limited effectiveness against phishing (proved by recent research studies)
- exclusion of small businesses (sole proprietorships, general partnerships and individuals are excluded!)
- a strong US-centric approach (how many chances has a small chinese ecommerce site to comply with the Certification Practice Statement of Verisign?)
Read more here:
Extended Validation SSL, a bad taste joke
What do you think?
Regards,
Marco
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