AWS Signer Browser

Automatically sign Amazon Web Services (AWS) API requests
What is AWS Signer Browser?
AWS Signer Browser is a Firefox add-on that automatically signs requests to Amazon Web Services (AWS) using your access key and secret according to the Signature Version 4 signing process. It can handle multiple services and hosts and is especially helpful when accessing front-ends of services in AWS like Kibana and S3. It also allows for adding host patterns to tackle scenarios like referring S3 resources from a different domain.
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Add-on stats

Users: 44 ▲ 5
Version: 0.2.2 (Last updated: 2020-04-23)
Creation date: 2018-05-05
Weekly download count: NaN
Firefox on Android: No
Risk impact: High risk impact
Risk likelihood: Low risk likelihood
Manifest version: 2
Permissions:
  • storage
  • notifications
  • webRequest
  • webRequestBlocking
  • tabs
  • *://*.amazonaws.com/*
Size: 5.81M

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Automatically sign requests to Amazon Web Services using your access key and secret according to the Signature Version 4 signing process.

This extension can be configured to handle multiple services and hosts. It's especially helpful when you need to access front-ends of services in AWS, e.g. Kibana, S3 and etc.

The extension also allows you to add host patterns in addition to ://.amazonaws.com/* from Settings so that cases such as referring S3 resources from a different domain can be tackled. Note that in such scenarios you must add both the S3 bucket and referer domains to 'Host Patterns', while only the S3 one is required in 'Defined Services'.

Disclaimer: Amazon Web Services, the “Powered by AWS” logo are trademarks of Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates in the United States and/or other countries.

Add-on safety

Risk impact

AWS Signer Browser is risky to use as it requires a number of sensitive permissions that can potentially harm your browser and steal your data. Exercise caution when installing this add-on. Review carefully before installing. We recommend that you only install AWS Signer Browser if you trust the publisher.

Risk likelihood

AWS Signer Browser has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.

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