Security features for Firefox 3 revealed

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Mozilla's chief of security has opened up on several new features planned for the next version of Firefox, revealing that Firefox 3.0 will have several new security features built in.

 

The browser will likely have a tool for automatically blocking sites suspected of harbouring malware. It will also offer support for the extended validation Secure Sockets Layer (EV SSL) certificates, said Window Snyder, Mozilla's chief security officer.

 

The malware blocker, which relies on blacklists generated by Google, has been publicly debated by Mozilla and Google developers, with mock-ups of the on-screen warnings surfacing in early June.

 

"We wanted to make sure that it's obviously not a security notification that they can ignore," Snyder said, describing how the warnings will work. "The [user interface] makes it clear that this [site] is dangerous. And it does not give the user a click-through," Snyder said. In other words, users will be able to back away from the potentially malicious site but won't be able to simply accept the warning and continue on.

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