untrustworthiness

SSL pages with self-signed certificates are less trustworthy. But does Mozilla's Firefox go overboard with this issue? Making the Web safe by default, Web browsers are suspicious of SSL Web sites (those that use an https:// prefix) that use certificates not signed by a trusted certificate authority, such as VeriSign, GlobalSign, GoDaddy or Thawte. Firefox 3 in particular makes you jump through hoops in order to view such a page. This has caused some in the Web security community to question the importanc read more »
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