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45 reviews for this add-on
Rated 2 out of 5 stars
no response from notaries... even http://www.networknotary.org/ is down. Wasn't the idea to build a network of notaries that is more reliable than any single https site?
This review is for a previous version of the add-on (4.2.1-signed).I'm sorry that you're having trouble reaching the notaries. It may be that you are behind a proxy that is blocking notary connections.
For another else reading this, I would like to point out that the notaries are not a single site. There are 8 different servers running on a total of 4 different continents.
Rated 2 out of 5 stars
I am afraid that I have to agree with Bob Smith's review. The issue seems to be two-fold. First, many sites do not manage certificates in a manner consistent with Perspectives. Second, Perspectives seems to have problems with their array of notaries, especially mornings EST. In either case, the add-on is not of serious use. I have also uninstalled it.
This review is for a previous version of the add-on (4.2.1-signed).Rated 2 out of 5 stars
Uninstalled. After several months of use, I got tired of seeing "no results" from their servers. Like a security company that fails to answer the phone half the time - what good is it? Perspectives is a noble effort and I wish them luck as they move forward.
This review is for a previous version of the add-on (4.2.1-signed).Rated 4 out of 5 stars
This appears to be very similar to the "convergence" add-on. Is there any major difference?
This review is for a previous version of the add-on (4.2.1-signed).Rated 5 out of 5 stars
I couldn't agree more with the previous review. This extensions is abolutely great and indispensable. Please update it to make it compatible with newer FF versions!
This review is for a previous version of the add-on (4.2.1-signed).Glad you find the extension useful. Just confirmed that it works with FF 6 and updated the compatibility, so it should be working now.
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
I have been using this addon for a long time, even before it was available on AMO and I love what it accomplishes and the simplicity by which it does so. I believe people would benefit from having it. I strongly urge the developers to please keep on top of the rapid Fx versioning and keep the addon compatible. Thank you.
This review is for a previous version of the add-on (4.2.1-signed).Rated 5 out of 5 stars
I've been running this for several months and it works great. This addon closes a fundamental gap in PKI - IMHO it's essential!
This review is for a previous version of the add-on (4.2.1-signed).Rated 5 out of 5 stars
great addon just after last nightly update the network of Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; Win64; x64; rv:7.0a1) Gecko/20110620 Firefox/7.0a1 was broken
This review is for a previous version of the add-on (4.1.1-signed).Rated 5 out of 5 stars
nice
This review is for a previous version of the add-on (4.1.1-signed).Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Great addon - just what I needed!
This review is for a previous version of the add-on (4.1.1-signed).Rated 5 out of 5 stars
I've checked current version (4.0), and it seems that the issues are mentioned earlier have been resolved. I don't see any unnecessary DNS lookups, and all the traffic goes via proxy if it is configured in Firefox.
Requests to Notaries stay non-encrypted, but this probably does not a pose any serious risk.
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Hello, I am using Firefox 3.6.6 can you please update the extension to work with this version?
Also, would you please create a similar extension for both Chrome and Safari?
I know I'm asking a lot of you, but your work is very valuable and I use it daily. Please consider spending a little time to keep this great add-on up to date. :)
@gregburd
Rated 4 out of 5 stars
I e-mailed the developers, and got a prompt reply suggesting that others had uninstalled the Perspectives add-on, and re-installed it, and it would work with the new FireFox. I tried that, and it DID work for me! Now, hopefully, they will fix those security leaks being reported by VladV! Otherwise a fine add-on to help me decide for myself if a site questioned by FireFox is OK to access or not!
This review is for a previous version of the add-on (3.0.3).Rated 2 out of 5 stars
Now that I'm on 3.6.2, Firefox is saying "This add-on is for older versions of Firefox."
When will you be updating your release to cover the new version?
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Fabulous, I get to use self-signed certificates again! Works great in combination with Certificate Patrol to see what actually happened.
This review is for a previous version of the add-on (3.0.3).Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Comfortable and useful.
Very good.
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Without this add-on, online banking/shopping is not safe from Man-In-The-Middle attacks (MITM). See Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Man-in-the-middle_attack
Perspectives 3.0.3 works very quietly and adds another layer of protection to my web browsing.
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
The updated version 3.0.2 completely revamps the extension's appearance and is working fine on 3.5b4 for me. I got this via browser addon updating.
This review is for a previous version of the add-on (2.1.5).Rated 4 out of 5 stars
Great plugin. Would be even better if you integrated the mitm plugin into this.
This review is for a previous version of the add-on (2.1.5).Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Great extension if you use it correctly. I don't like the idea about bypassing any security warnings but this can be turned off. What I like is the function to have all certificates compared from other locations what seems like a good way to protect yourself from "Man in the middle attacks".
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