Spoof Busting
This post is going to read like a sales pitch. Apologies in advance…
Check out SpoofStick, a simple Firefox plugin I developed for CoreStreet. For any page that you view in your web browser, SpoofStick prominently and unambiguously displays only the most relevant domain information, increasing your situational awareness as you surf.
SpoofStick should make it easier to identify “spoofed” web sites. These are fake sites (e.g. http://signin.ebay.com@10.19.32.4/) that pose as legitimate ones in order to gather confidential or sensitive information, alter data transactions, or present false or misleading data (definition). Glance at the SpoofStick display, and you instantly know where you really are on the web.
Still using Internet Explorer? Switch immediately, you poor, disadvantaged soul! Or, if you don’t care for my evangelism, rest assured that an IE version will be released soon.
Phew! Now back to the premium content my readers have come to expect (mainly pics of delighted fat women reaching for cake).
