Re: [WEB SECURITY] Re: Minimal User Interaction with Links

[Bil Corry <bil () corry biz>]

51l3n73y3s wrote on 8/17/2009 12:14 PM: 
> You got it wrong too.The certificate is popping right after the "google"
> search, not after clicking on any of the links. I have attached the
> screenshot at the bugzilla link mentioned before.

Google includes a prefetch link for the search first result which causes Firefox to prefetch the URL.  You can disable 
this behavior in Firefox by going to "about:config", filter on "network.prefetch-next" and set it to "false".  More 
info here:

        http://kb.mozillazine.org/Network.prefetch-next
        https://developer.mozilla.org/en/Link_prefetching_FAQ

That second URL mentions pre-fetching on HTTPS was originally disabled for security reasons, but in FF3.5 was enabled.  
Perhaps you could make the argument that it should be disabled again via your bug.


- Bil


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