[Cialug] DNS Hijacking

[Todd Walton]

On Thu, Aug 6, 2009 at 9:23 AM, Tim Wilson<tim_linux at wilson-home.com> wrote:
> Regarding resistance to change, I finally upgraded my wife's Firefox from
> 1.5.x to 3.5.x.  When attempting to connect to a site where the security
> certificate didn't match the domain, Firefox put up a different message
> that, at first glance, looked like something I should press "dismiss" on.
> It wasn't immediately clear what the problem was.  I was used to the old way
> of doing things, and the new way was confusing.  Now put an average Joe in
> front of the screen, and what's their response going to be?  Call tech
> support!

I figured that was the point of the error screen: you actually had to
stop and read it.  People should not be itchy-finger on the dismiss
trigger.

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Todd