| Security gurus tackle browser security |
Nov. 23, 2005
KDE developer George Staikos recently hosted a meeting of security developers from the leading web browsers -- Mozilla Firefox, Internet Explorer, and Opera. The aim was to come up with future plans to combat the security risks posed by phishing, aging encryption ciphers, and inconsistent SSL certificate practices, KDE.org reports.
"In the past few years, the Internet has seen a rapid growth in phishing attacks," Staikos writes. "There have been many attempts to mitigate these types of attack, but they rarely get at the root of them problem: fundamental flaws in Internet architecture and browser technology.
"Our initial and primary focus is, and continues to be, addressing issues in public key infrastructure (PKI) as implemented in our Web browsers. This involves finding a way to make the information presented to the user more meaningful, easier to recognize, easier to understand, and -- perhaps most importantly -- finding a way to make a distinction for high-impact sites (banks, payment services, auction sites, etc.) while retaining the accessibility of SSL and identity for smaller organisations," he continued.
Read the entire KDE.org article to learn more about changes that will become part of KDE 4's Konqueror and future versions of other Web browsers.
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