Monday, September 26, 2005
web site safety tools
From the Edupage newsletter from EDUCAUSE:
NEW TOOLS RATE SAFETY OF WEB SITES
Two new tools from GeoTrust offer Internet users another layer of protection against a range of online scams. The TrustWatch Search site and TrustWatch Toolbar both provide indications about the probable reliability of sites users are visiting, in an effort to help consumers avoid being victimized by phishing scams or by other forms of fraudulent Web sites. The tools evaluate sites for security practices such as certain forms of authentication or use of a Secure Sockets Layer certificate. Sites are also screened against a black list of known fraud sites and checked for patterns that would indicate potentially malicious intent. Users are shown a green signal to indicate a verified site, a yellow signal for suspect sites, and a red signal for sites that cannot be verified. The toolbar provides users with a real-time screen for sites they visit; the search site returns search results--powered by Ask Jeeves--with one of the three indicators for each site returned.
CNET, 25 September 2005
http://news.com.com/2100-1029_3-5879068.html
NEW TOOLS RATE SAFETY OF WEB SITES
Two new tools from GeoTrust offer Internet users another layer of protection against a range of online scams. The TrustWatch Search site and TrustWatch Toolbar both provide indications about the probable reliability of sites users are visiting, in an effort to help consumers avoid being victimized by phishing scams or by other forms of fraudulent Web sites. The tools evaluate sites for security practices such as certain forms of authentication or use of a Secure Sockets Layer certificate. Sites are also screened against a black list of known fraud sites and checked for patterns that would indicate potentially malicious intent. Users are shown a green signal to indicate a verified site, a yellow signal for suspect sites, and a red signal for sites that cannot be verified. The toolbar provides users with a real-time screen for sites they visit; the search site returns search results--powered by Ask Jeeves--with one of the three indicators for each site returned.
CNET, 25 September 2005
http://news.com.com/2100-1029_3-5879068.html
# posted by ben @ 9/26/2005 
