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Carnegie Mellon University researchers offer new way to avoid bogus Web sites

August 28, 2008

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Intercepting Internet traffic, and spying on the communication between two computers, is a gold mine for hackers. Now Carnegie Mellon University researchers hope software they've built will make it harder for criminals to hit that jackpot.

The software, a free download for use with latest version of the Firefox Web browser http://tinyurl.com/6cblaz , creates an additional way for people to verify whether the site they're trying to visit is authentic.

By JORDAN ROBERTSON, AP Technology Writer

Full Story: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/articl ... 1651D73.DTL
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