Month: January 2011

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Online Identity and Trust: Making mobile banking safer Online Identity and Trust « And the SC Magazine Award finalists are… | Main | Password should not be your “password” » Making mobile banking safer There’s been recent news discussing the vulnerabilities...

Online Identity and Trust: Password should not be your “password” Online Identity and Trust « Making mobile banking safer | Main Password should not be your “password” The recent Gawker database breach is yet another reminder of the weakness of the...

SSLPersonas is a Firefox extension that adds a little color to your secure browsing experience. When browsing an SSL protected web-site, the extension provides in-your-face visual feedback regarding the security of the site via a theme in the Firefox chrome at...

Much has been written this past week about Firesheep. The bottom line: website operators must properly deploy SSL end-to-end security. Firesheep is a Firefox extension written by Eric Butler and was presented by Butler and security consultant, Ian Gallagher, this past...

Monday, 29 November 2010 is Cyber Monday. What is Cyber Monday you might ask? Personally I had to get my terms straight between Black Friday, Cyber Monday, and Black Monday. Here’s a short refresher: Black Friday is the Friday after the...

Tim Callan’s SSL Blog – Online Security Tim Callan’s SSL Blog: More than half a billion VeriSign seals displayed on a single day Tim Callan’s SSL Blog Demystifying the Web’s Secure Backbone « VeriSign Trust Seal Dollar Day is tomorrow |...

Tim Callan’s SSL Blog – Online Security Tim Callan’s SSL Blog: ‘Tis the season Tim Callan’s SSL Blog Demystifying the Web’s Secure Backbone « Another record-breaking Cyber Monday | Main | Free trial certificates now available on trusted roots » ‘Tis...

Everyone loves SSL, also known as Transport Layer Security (TLS), right? Well, the good people at Google have decided to make it even better by speeding it up with a feature called TLS False Start. Setting up an SSL session requires...

I came across ‘How to Deploy HTTPS Correctly’ written by Chris Palmer of the Electronic Frontier Foundation. Chris does a great job  explaining why web site operators should use HTTPS versus just HTTP. He points out a couple of good practices...