In this article we will mention four extensions that will allow us to determine if the websites we visit use the correct application of SSL encryption. This way we can know which pages use a weak encryption method like SHA-1, or other SSL irregularities.
With the four extensions for Google Chrome browser, you can be sure that the website you are visiting is totally secure and uses SSL encryption correctly.
Check SSL
We will start with Check SSL, an SSL corrector that will determine what type of encryption the website uses (SSL implementation). And it focuses on weak or obsolete methods like SHA-1.
The add-on will work in the background on the top right of the browser and from its icon you can read very direct messages like “Bad”, “good” (among others) that will indicate the degree of encryption of the pages.
SSL Checker
SSL Checker is one of the simplest extensions to check the SSL configuration status. If you are browsing a webpage where everything works fine you will see a green icon and if you browse a site with encryption problems you will see a gray icon.
SSL Grade
SSL Grade is an add-on that gives a SSL encryption security grade to web pages, so you can determine according to this value if it is safe to stay on this site.
The extension works with SSLLabs website to determine the quality of SSL encryption of the web pages you are visiting.
SSLight
We come to our last recommendation, we are talking about SSLight, an extension that ensures you never write and send confidential data on unencrypted SSL websites. The method used to alert us is very simple, green circles inside the fields show us correct encryption and red circles show weak or obsolete SSL encryption. (You can configure the tool to only show green icons).
Many Internet users have no idea what the SSL encryption method means, being this something very important for our personal or financial privacy. And for this reason from Neoteo we hope that these four extensions will help you know on which website you are entering your data or that from this reading you begin to investigate about encryption methods.
