[tor-talk] Vidalia error message with TorBirdy

[Karsten N.]

On 05.07.2013 11:03, Katya Titov wrote:
>> Do you recommend any Firefox plugin in particular for this?
> It's quite a difficult task.
> 
> I've used Certificate Patrol which alerts you if a certificate changes;
> and employs some simple checks such as automatically accepting (and
> still advising you) if the certificate was changed when it required
> replacing.
> 
> I've also used Perspectives (now Convergence) which uses a history of
> certificate 'sighting' and known notaries to provide a degree of
> confidence about whether or not a certificate is genuine.

HTTPSEverywhere can use the SSL Observatory of EFF.org to warn you, if
something goes wrong with the SSL certificate of a visited webserver.
But I am not sure, if it was now proxy safe. In TorBrowser this option
is disabled.

Best regards
Karsten N.