Its Firefox browser may no longer as popular as it once was, but Mozilla wants to make the Web better, making it more secure. Indeed, Mozilla plans to phase out the HTTP support in Firefox, in an effort to make navigation safer.
While the Encrypted connections using HTTPS were used in browsers for some time, they are often the default ones. Mozilla, with a number of organizations and even the US government would like to see only HTTPS connections used. While this does not solve all the problems, it would nevertheless be the safest way.
Mozilla has presented his plan to only use secure connections on a section of his blog. Push the website owners to switch to HTTPS will not be sufficient for all sites offer secure connections. This suggests that Mozilla has another tactic in mind: it will retain the new features hostage.
Mozilla plans to propose a new browser that can surf the Web just by HTTPS connections. The head of security of Firefox, Richard Barnes, describes the plan in two main steps: "definition of a date after which all new features will only be available when the websites are secured", and "the progressive elimination of access to browser features for unsecured sites, especially for characteristics that can cause safety hazards and user privacy. "
A security at the expense websites
The second element is the more interesting of the two, because it means that new features will only be ultimately more embedded in Firefox to sites using HTTP connections. Barnes even states in the blog that "removing features from non-secure Web may pose some problems for Web sites."
Fortunately, this does not mean your old favorite website will not be available. Mozilla plans to "monitor the degree of rupture and balance it with the security benefit."
This is already done, at least to some extent. Firefox currently restricts access to the camera and microphone on non-secure websites, and Barnes points out that this is a first flange for restricting future features.
To date, the Mozilla plan is more a concept, and it is unclear when it will materialize.
While the Encrypted connections using HTTPS were used in browsers for some time, they are often the default ones. Mozilla, with a number of organizations and even the US government would like to see only HTTPS connections used. While this does not solve all the problems, it would nevertheless be the safest way.
Mozilla has presented his plan to only use secure connections on a section of his blog. Push the website owners to switch to HTTPS will not be sufficient for all sites offer secure connections. This suggests that Mozilla has another tactic in mind: it will retain the new features hostage.
Mozilla plans to propose a new browser that can surf the Web just by HTTPS connections. The head of security of Firefox, Richard Barnes, describes the plan in two main steps: "definition of a date after which all new features will only be available when the websites are secured", and "the progressive elimination of access to browser features for unsecured sites, especially for characteristics that can cause safety hazards and user privacy. "
A security at the expense websites
The second element is the more interesting of the two, because it means that new features will only be ultimately more embedded in Firefox to sites using HTTP connections. Barnes even states in the blog that "removing features from non-secure Web may pose some problems for Web sites."
Fortunately, this does not mean your old favorite website will not be available. Mozilla plans to "monitor the degree of rupture and balance it with the security benefit."
This is already done, at least to some extent. Firefox currently restricts access to the camera and microphone on non-secure websites, and Barnes points out that this is a first flange for restricting future features.
To date, the Mozilla plan is more a concept, and it is unclear when it will materialize.
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