Archive for June, 2017

Jun 26 2017

Mental Models

Published by under Web Certificates

What are mental models and how do they fit in to computer security?

https://hotsoft.carleton.ca/hotsoft/projects/web-certificates/visualization-for-mental-models-of-website-certificates/mental-models/

Jun 25 2017

Improving tutorials on web certificates

Published by under Web Certificates

Second Generation Web Certificate Tutorial (currently being tested)

https://hotsoft.carleton.ca/hotsoft/projects/web-certificates/visualization-for-mental-models-of-website-certificates/mental-models/1253-2/second-generation/

Jun 25 2017

Building tutorials on web certificates

Published by under Web Certificates

First Generation Web Certificate Tutorial

https://hotsoft.carleton.ca/hotsoft/projects/web-certificates/visualization-for-mental-models-of-website-certificates/

Jun 07 2017

Can we redesign certificates to make them easier to understand?

Published by under Web Certificates

Would you use a browser extension that provided you with summaries of website identity?

https://hotsoft.carleton.ca/hotsoft/projects/web-certificates/an-alternative-interface-for-website-security-certificates/

Jun 01 2017

What is a web certificate?

Published by under Web Certificates

What does that green lock mean next to the URL? Why do some websites have company names before the web address?

https://hotsoft.carleton.ca/hotsoft/projects/web-certificates/