io.kent Posted November 6, 2012 Report Posted November 6, 2012 Mozilla follows the footsteps of Google Chrome, and is testing the beta version of its Firefox browser 17, a security feature that requires the use of HSTS security protocol in a series of websites included in a pre-defined list. Basically, HSTS is a safety feature designed to protect Internet users from attacks such as hijackings (in this case hijacking network connections) and other, forcing to make sure access websites using HTTPS and in its subdomains. HSTS, the security protocol HTTP Strict Transport Security, has been proposed to become an Internet standard by the technical group of the International Organization for Standardization IETF. The protocol requires a secure connection but browser to connect the first time need to know. This first 'visit' is crucial and a potential attack vector. 's new is that Firefox 17 beta uses a list of pre-defined sites which must be accessed using secure connections compulsorily Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTPS) without the user need to type in the address bar this protocol that uses SSL / TLS to create an encrypted channel. The list is the same as used in Google's Chrome security feature is interesting. Source: MuySeguridad Quote
