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Old 08-29-2008, 12:40 AM   #1
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LXer: New Firefox Plug-In Double-Checks So-Called Unsafe Sites


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Intercepting Internet traffic and spying on the communication between two computers is a gold mine for hackers. Now Carnegie Mellon University researchers hope software they've built will make it harder for criminals to hit that jackpot. The software, for use with latest version of the Firefox Web browser, creates an additional way for people to verify whether the site they're trying to visit is authentic.

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