BleepingComputer.com: Browsers To Get Sturdier Padlocks

<img src='/images/misc/padlock.jpg' style='float:right' vspace='8' hspace='8'> <b>The yellow security padlock in Web browsers, weakened by lax standards and loose supervision, will get reinforced next year with tougher requirements and browser updates</b><br /><br />The browser icon was designed to show that traffic with a Web site is encrypted and that a third party, called a certification authority, has identified the site and vouches for its validity. But in recent years, standards of verification have slipped, undermining the sense of security implied by the padlock.<br /> <br /> To solve that problem, a group of companies that issue the Secure Socket Layer certificates are working with major Web browser makers to develop a new type of "high assurance" certificate. The informal organization, dubbed the CA Forum, has held three unpublicized meetings this year and plans to meet again next year.... <br /> <br /> By Joris Evers<br /> Staff Writer, CNET News.com<br /> Published: December 12, 2005, 4:00 AM PST <br /><br /> <div class='newslinks'><img src='http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/forums/public/style_images/1/cs_page.gif'> <b>Link: <a href='http://news.com.com/Browsers+to+get+sturdier+padlocks/2100-1029_3-5989633.html?tag=cd.lede' target='_blank'><font color='red'>Fighting Phishing and beyond - Complete article at C/Net News</font></a><br />