How does Verification Engine work?

[Guest]

[panic]

G'day all,

Quick question for the guys at Comodo about how VE displays the coloured border.

Is VE running as a fullscreen transparent window and is this how it displays the coloured border over the top of the browser window?

If so, what about using this same method for the firewall to alert the user about a log entry or a flood?

Cheers,
Ewen :-)

[Comodo_Shane]

Hi Ewen,

I’ll make sure the firewall team is informed about this idea.

Thanks,
Shane.

[panic]

Hi Ewen,

I’ll make sure the firewall team is informed about this idea.

Thanks,
Shane.

Thanks, but did I guess right about how VE displays its verification?

Cheers,
Ewen :-)

[Comodo_Shane]

Hi Ewen,

Well spotted, I didn't really want to get into the mechanics on forum 

Shane.

[panic]

Hi Ewen,

Well spotted, I didn't really want to get into the mechanics on forum 

Shane.

Not spotted - just guessed! Cool!

[falkor]

Just played with the VE engine .  Pretty nice tool here .  Actualy , a gem .  Many more should know about this one !!

[Melih]

Just played with the VE engine .  Pretty nice tool here .  Actualy , a gem .  Many more should know about this one !!

I invented this "concept" in 2000. Today Internet "serves you content" but does not give you a way of "authenticating" that content it serves to you.

Well, VE is the tool that allows you to authenticate the content! Now you can verify what you see! It works with bank login boxes so that you know the login box you enter your password is a safe/authentic one, works with logos, visa or mastercard logos so that you know the merchants it legit etc etc.

Melih

[m0ng0d]

Not spotted - just guessed! Cool!

Ok Ewen... now "spot" 6 numbers betwen 1 and 49... I need new numbers for the lotto on saturday   Your luck is obviously better than mine

[DoomScythe]

Ok Ewen... now "spot" 6 numbers betwen 1 and 49... I need new numbers for the lotto on saturday   Your luck is obviously better than mine

Hey mongod,

If Ewen's number help you strike the lotto, please let me know. I am also interested in seeking for his help if it works for you.

Yours truly,
DoomScythe

[m0ng0d]

Hey mongod,

If Ewen's number help you strike the lotto, please let me know. I am also interested in seeking for his help if it works for you.

Yours truly,
DoomScythe

I think he is hording the lotto for himself... never sent me one number 

[panic]

I think he is hording the lotto for himself... never sent me one number 

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[m0ng0d]

hehe, even I can pick one of the winning numbers.... 3 days after the draw 

[DoomScythe]

hehe, even I can pick one of the winning numbers.... 3 days after the draw 

 

Yours truly,
DoomScythe

[panic]

hehe, even I can pick one of the winning numbers.... 3 days after the draw 

ummmmm .....   we're not real big on the canadian lotto down here in Sydney! LOL 

[Tom Tom Tom]

I invented this "concept" in 2000. Today Internet "serves you content" but does not give you a way of "authenticating" that content it serves to you.

Well, VE is the tool that allows you to authenticate the content! Now you can verify what you see! It works with bank login boxes so that you know the login box you enter your password is a safe/authentic one, works with logos, visa or mastercard logos so that you know the merchants it legit etc etc.

Melih

Hi, Melih.

I have been using VE for months and notice no problems at all.  Love it and addicted to it.  Will not surf the web without it.  I just switched to a new notebook and one of very the first things I do is installing VE.  Thanks.

Some simple questions if your don't mind:

1.  When VE authenticates a web page with green border or a golden key, does it confirm "with certainty" that this particular page is provided by the company indicated on the page (or by the logo)?  In other words, when I visit www.microsoft.com, www.symantec.com, and www.hushmail.com and see green borders or golden keys, I can be CERTAIN that I am looking at web pages provided by Microsoft Corp., Symantec Corp., and Hushmail respectively.  Correct?  I am confuse.

2.  I know you do not want to get into technical details, but I just have to ask these questions anyway.  How does VE authenticate the website?  May be:
 (a) Check the "unique signature" on each page (Require cooperation from owners of websites to signup with Comodo and embed agreed upon "signatures",
 (b) Check the URL against Comodo's VE database  (Insecure and requires large storage for database),
 (c)  ??  (Please help)
VE is a BLACK BOX to me and there seem to be no explanation around (Forgive me if I am wrong).

3.  Websites mentioned in 1. above plus www.ibm.com and www.intel.com all show green borders, BUT www.McAfee.com, www.java.com, and www.WorldCommunityGrid.com do not.  I became very nervous when I noticed that AFTER already downloading files from them (especially program update and virus signatures from McAfee.com).  Does it mean I went to fake websites and downloaded from bad people?

4.  Just in case you know the answer....... Is www.WorldCommunityGrid.com a legitimate philantrophic project run by IBM Corp. or is it just a scam to put malwares in unsuspected people's computers.  (I have been running their programs for months and felt good about it!!!)


Thanks in advance for the assistance and THANK YOU for trying to make the internet safe for honest people.

Tom

P.S.  I love your firewall and waiting for the CAVS 2.0.  Thanks.

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