Friday, June 11, 2010

Twitter will be the firewall against bad Url

On his blog , the micro-blogging site explains how it intends to offer more security. Twitter plans to create a blacklist of sites identified as potentially harboring malware. If the address is regarded as such, prevent Twitter to consult and notify the user.

Other developments, despite their shorter, the Url will be clearly visible to users. Similarly, developers can configure their applications to display the address at their convenience. Twitter propose to display the beginning of the address, full address or the name of the target page.

The micro-blogging site tells a little more about their security methods. Since Twitter wishes to define its business model and open to professionals, the road passes through a logically better security. However, it is not certain that the black list approach is fully effective. A site is generally included on the list after an infection is known ...

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