Mozilla gets tough after digital certificates hack

Firefox browser distributor Mozilla today gave companies that sell digital certificates a week to take actions to improve their security after a certificate authority (CA) was hacked and Gmail users in Iran were targeted in a recent attack. When a Web surfer visits a site over a protected SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) connection, the browser provides a visual indication that the site is trusted–a green URL bar or padlock, usually–based on the digital certificate for the site. If the digital certificate, which is used to authenticate a site as legitimate, is revoked or h Read full article.