Firekeeper for Firefox – A little extra online security
Ciaran Moore - June 13, 2007
Firekeeper is a recently released add-on for the Firefox browser and it aims to protect your from malicious websites which may exploit browser and code security flaws. It keeps your Internet-browsing session safe by performing as an Intrusion Detection and Prevention (IDP) system at the browser level.
It does so by using rules found in the open-source IDP tool Snort. Snort is an open source network intrusion prevention and detection system which, according to the snort website, “has become the de facto standard for the industry.”
Features of Firekeeper include the ability to scan, detect and deny malicious webpages that you may unwittingly try to connect to. It also supports a blacklist and whitelist.
If you’re hoping to make your web surfing that little bit safer, this seems to be a good add-on to add on!
Check out the Firekeeper page for more info and the download.
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