/sha2checker

A Chrome extension that displays in the address bar whether a secure site is using SHA-2 or SHA-1.

Primary LanguageJavaScript

Alt linkicon SHA-2 checker

A Chrome extension that displays in the address bar whether a secure site is using SHA-2 or SHA-1.

It queries https://shaaaaaaaaaaaaa.com/api/check/ with the hostname of the URL in the current tab. It only performs this query if you visit a secure site. Only the hostname portion is sent to https://shaaaaaaaaaaaaa.com.

Installing

Since this extension is unpacked, install it like this:

  1. Clone this repo or download in .ZIP format
  2. Extract the individual files into a folder (if zipped)
  3. In Chrome, navigate to chrome://extensions/
  4. Select Developer Mode
  5. Click Load Unpacked Extension...
  6. Navigate to the folder where you placed the repo files
  7. Click Open

Changelog

0.2.0 - 2014-10-07

* Added icon

0.1.0 - 2014-10-04

* Initial release

Credits

Link icon made by SimpleIcon from www.flaticon.com is licensed under CC BY 3.0

Google Chrome icon (2011) by Google Inc. - http://www.google.com/press/images.html. Licensed under Public domain via Wikimedia Commons.

Guillermo Rauch's spdy-indicator for inspiration

Licenses

The MIT License (MIT)

Copyright (c) 2014 Micah Brandon <brandon@netsville.com>

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:

The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.

THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.