Do Security Toolbars Actually Prevent Phishing Attacks?
[ Source: Association for Computing Machinery ]
January 2008-
This paper published by Association for Computing Machinery describes about the Security toolbars in a web browser that shows security-related information about a website to help users detect phishing attacks. The authors conducted two user studies of three security toolbars and other browser security indicators and found them all ineffective at preventing phishing attacks. The authors found that many subjects do not understand phishing attacks or realize how sophisticated such attacks can be.
Automation and Customization of Rendered Web Pages
[ Source: Association for Computing Machinery ]
January 2008-
On the desktop, an application can expect to control its user interface down to the last pixel, but on the World Wide Web, a content provider has no control over how the client will view the page, once delivered to the browser. This creates an opportunity for end-users who want to automate and customize their web experiences, but the growing complexity of web pages and standards prevents most users from realizing this opportunity. This white ....
Firefox: A Program Popularized by Open Source Programmers
[ Source: Association of Personal Computer User Groups ]
January 2008-
The latest version of Firefox, an open source program, formerly Mozilla, and before that, Netscape Navigator, was released to popular acclaim near the end of 2004 from www.mozilla.com. Many people, tired of security problems and perpetual patching of Internet Explorer, have begun to make the switch to Firefox. The author found it an easy transition to import bookmarks, favorites, and other items, and set up housekeeping in Firefox.
Outfoxing the Web
[ Source: Bell Globemedia Publishing ]
January 2008-
There was an open-source Mozilla browser before last fall - a suite of browser, e-mail client and other Components - but it was mainly a test bed for Netscape development. The Mozilla Foundation decided to replace the old suite with a stand-alone browser Firefox and an e-mail client called Thunderbird, which debuted in December. Firefox is the latest addition to a growing selection of Web browsers and has made impressive gains.
Privacy Fox - A JavaScript-Based P3P Agent for Mozilla Firefox
[ Source: Carnegie Mellon University ]
January 2008-
Website operators and visitors are both interested in effective communication of the privacy policies of a website. Automated translation of P3P policies into human readable form is a promising solution. P3P is a W3C-defined standard for publishing privacy policies in XML. This paper describes Privacy Fox, a plug-in for the Mozilla Firefox web browser that translates the P3P policy of the site being visited into two forms, a short privacy notice that highlights the privacy ....
About Closed-Door Free/Libre/Open Source (FLOSS) Projects: Lessons From the Mozilla Firefox Developer Recruitment Approach
[ Source: Creative Commons ]
January 2008-
In this white paper the author presents five new arguments for why groups may wish to organize this way. The first argument is that developers simply do not have the disposable time to evaluate potential members. The next two arguments are based on self-selection-by setting tough entry requirements the project can ensure that it gets high quality and highly persistent programmers. The fourth argument is that expanding a group destroys the fun. The fifth argument ....
Mozilla Firefox: Better Web Browsing for Everybody
[ Source: eMoxter ]
January 2008-
Within the last six months or so Mozilla Firefox has been taking the web by storm with their Spread Firefox campaign. This paper is Part I in a series completely on Firefox that help with initial setup of Firefox to specifics like advanced features, plugins, etc. and get one to switch over to Firefox instead of the standard Internet Explorer. The easiest thing with Firefox is the install. This paper is for the basic user ....
Use of SVG and ECMAScript Technology for E-Learning Purposes
[ Source: ETH Zurich ]
January 2008-
SVG (Scalable Vector Graphics) is a XML based markup language used to describe and integrate vector graphics, raster graphics and text. SVG is developed by the W3C web consortium as an official web standard, with the support of major computer graphics and mobile phone companies. The paper first summarizes SVG’s capabilities. The second part discusses strengths and weaknesses of the SVG approach and explain why SVG is a useful technology for e-learning purposes.
Open Source Delivers for Government Agencies a Handbook on Pilot Projects
[ Source: Government of Malaysia ]
January 2008-
This white paper is a handbook shares the success stories, experiences and benefits of the implementation of Open Source Software (OSS) in four pilot government agencies. The four pilot projects are part of the Malaysian Public Sector Open Source Initiative led by MAMPU. The pilot project for the Ministry of Finance (MoF) involved the upgrading of the Treasury Portal and development of the Economic Intelligence Database System (EIDS). The Treasury Portal and EIDS use PHP ....
Diversity in Open Source: The Single Point of Failure Named Google?
[ Source: Hendrik Scholz ]
January 2008-
The Open Source Community has two common X-Servers, multiple browsers, dozens of shells and window managers but just one omnipresent search engine is used in applications like Firefox and Google. It shows the controversy of diversity vs. Google. It tries to determine if the author should and could change things.