Firesheep

I Use This!

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Analyzed 1 day ago. based on code collected 1 day ago.

Project Summary

Firesheep is an extension for the Firefox web browser that uses a packet sniffer to intercept unencrypted cookies from websites such as Facebook and Twitter. As cookies are transmitted over networks, packet sniffing is used to discover identities on a sidebar displayed in the browser, and allows the user to instantly take on the log-in credentials of the user by double-clicking on the victim's name.[2]

In a Nutshell, Firesheep...

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has had 128 commits made by 10 contributors
representing 7,949 lines of code
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is mostly written in JavaScript
with a well-commented source code
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has a codebase with a long source history
maintained by nobody
with stable Y-O-Y commits
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took an estimated 2 years of effort (COCOMO model)
starting with its first commit in October, 2010
ending with its most recent commit over 11 years ago

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Project Security

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