Mozilla to squash security bugs

Discussion in 'other security issues & news' started by ronjor, Jul 29, 2004.

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  1. ronjor

    ronjor Global Moderator

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    Web surfers eyeing Mozilla-based browsers as a safer alternative might want to wait a week before making the switch.

    That's because the Mozilla Foundation, an open-source browser development group in Mountain View, Calif., has acknowledged a pair of serious flaws in the way its browsers handle certificates, the digital documents that let you verify a Web site's identity.

    Mozilla said its engineers were caught off-guard by the vulnerabilities, as the code in question dates back from the open-source browser's proprietary progenitor, Netscape.


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  2. Pigman

    Pigman Registered Member

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    About time...

    Heh. Now Mozilla/Firefox will have yet another advantage over IE.
     
  3. rerun2

    rerun2 Registered Member

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    Really nice news :)
     
  4. tImEwArP

    tImEwArP Guest

    Very good news! I'll be looking foward to the new version of Firefox, but i wonder if there will be compatability problems with SpywareBlaster again?
     
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