For you system administrators, network engineers, and heck – really anybody who needs to come up with a fool proof password, I have an add-on for Firefox that will fill your needs.  The simply named pwgen – Password Generator for Firefox is a simple, yet efficient way to generate a random password on the fly.

Once you install it, a small “P” icon will show up in your browser’s status bar.  All you have to do is click on it, [...]

Want to make sure that login process your going through is a little more secure?
The Secure Login extension does the trick. So I bet your asking, “well, how do I login then?”. It uses the built-in password manager, but deactivates the pre-filling of login forms. You are now able to login with one click or a keyboard shortcut (ALT+N – changeable via settings). Just add the Secure Login tool bar button to your tool [...]

I have been saying for a while now that Firefox could be my operating system, due to all the Web applications I use it for. Now it looks like somebody has taken that opinion to heart and has created a live CD that will let you run Firefox and only Firefox.
Webconverger is an evolution of the hybrid client for deployments in places like offices or Internet cafes where only Web applications are used. Unlike thin or [...]

Now I could see where the mismatched domains popup warning might be useful for some, but for me it just tends to get in my way. If you have not seen there errors in Firefox, they come up with somebody’s SSL certificate doesn’t match the domain name it is registered to.
The Remember Mismatched Domains extension for Firefox is here to save the day.
The Remember Mismatched Domains extension for Firefox and Thunderbird adds a “Don’t warn me again about this [...]

It might be a ‘bit of a work around, but there is a way you can get a secure login for Google’s Calendar application. If you use Google Calendar, I would suggest you give this a shot for more security.
In fact, even if you change your Google Calendar bookmark URL to https, you’ll often be redirected to a plain old http connection. boo, Google! That’s why I’ve found Mark Pilgrim’s GMail Secure Greasemonkey script invaluable. It’s built to force [...]