CFA/Security-Research

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General Browser Capabilities

• Malware Detection
• Anti-Phishing
• Content Enabling
• Cookies
• Passwords
• Warning Messages
• Encryption (Protocols and Certificates)
• Other

Purpose

Examine a bunch of browsers, existing Firefox Add-ons, and web services to generate a report that describes:

• Which capabilities each has
• A summary of where each is different/unique
• Some conclusions about which aspects seem most innovative and interesting that we might want to consider for Firefox

Browsers to investigate

• Firefox 2
• Camino
• Flock
• iCab
• IE 7
• Maxthon
• Netscape
• OmniWeb
• Opera
• Safari
• SeaMonkey
• Shiira

Add-ons to investigate (TO DO)

Firefox

• CustomizeGoogle link
• Answers link
• GooglePreview link
• LinkedIn Companion link
• SearchWith link
• DictionarySearch link
• Groowe Search Toolbar link
• Loki link
• OpenSearchFox link
• Visual-Search Extension link

Safari

• Sogudi - shortcut keyword searches
• Saft link
• Insquisitor link - rich search results, autocomplete, search suggestions