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Strzelecki 02-10-2006 14:18
Firefox - 'Seriously flawed'
 
http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6121608.html
Ok turn off JavaScript and a lot of sites won't work correctly.
Use Opera instead.

Stuart 02-10-2006 14:49
Re: Firefox - 'Seriously flawed'
 
:tu:

Chris 02-10-2006 14:59
Re: Firefox - 'Seriously flawed'
 
The real proof of the pudding, of course, will be in how quickly the open source community can fix the problem.

opelfruitcase 02-10-2006 15:23
Re: Firefox - 'Seriously flawed'
 
Well I'm fine, I'm using NoScript so the only those sites that need it and I trust will allow scripts to run. Any other sites have scripts and java applets blocked.

TheBlueRaja 02-10-2006 15:33
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Originally Posted by opelfruitcase (Post 34128137)
Well I'm fine, I'm using NoScript so the only those sites that need it and I trust will allow scripts to run. Any other sites have scripts and java applets blocked.
:tu:

What's that IE users, you cant do that - oh well - ignorance is bliss i suppose.

opelfruitcase 02-10-2006 18:45
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What's that IE users, you cant do that - oh well - ignorance is bliss i suppose.
Dont think you even have that kind of flexibility in Opera ;)

Firefox and my extensions as showing in the screen dump - desktop heaven!

EDIT: url for NoScript - http://www.noscript.net/whats

pedantic 02-10-2006 19:21
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Originally Posted by opelfruitcase (Post 34128248)
Dont think you even have that kind of flexibility in Opera ;)
You'd be surprised what you can find for Opera. ;)

Hugh 02-10-2006 19:50
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Originally Posted by TheBlueRaja (Post 34128145)
:tu:

What's that IE users, you cant do that - oh well - ignorance is bliss i suppose.
Phew, lucky the problem is in FireFox, then.:dozey:

ben1390 02-10-2006 20:00
Re: Firefox - 'Seriously flawed'
 
Hopefully Mozilla will release a fix quickly

opelfruitcase 03-10-2006 08:58
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Originally Posted by topcreator (Post 34128302)
Hopefully Mozilla will release a fix quickly
No doubt they will, rather than having to wait at least a month with IE ;)

Stuart 03-10-2006 09:33
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Originally Posted by topcreator (Post 34128302)
Hopefully Mozilla will release a fix quickly
The article appears to suggest that due to the nature of the bug, the Javascript engine will need to be heavily patched or re-written. I'd be surpised if this was a quick job.

opelfruitcase 03-10-2006 11:33
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Only just read the article, I'd personally take what they're saying with a pinch of salt as they're claiming they've uncovered over 30 bugs, but then refusing to disclose any of them. If its true what they're saying, its very unethical. But the bigger point is this: $500 per flaw reported = $15,000; not an inconsiderable sum of money that they're deciding to pass on, which begs the question as to whether or not they're bluffing about that.

TheBlueRaja 04-10-2006 10:12
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Originally Posted by foreverwar (Post 34128292)
Phew, lucky the problem is in FireFox, then.:dozey:
http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=34836

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A HACKER who told the Toorcon conference that Firefox was a complete security mess and couldn't be fixed has admitted that he made it all up.

Mischa Spiegelmock claimed that there was a serious Javascript bug in the decade old code which made it a doddle to cause stack overflows.
LOL!!!! Yeah, i think i'll stick with the trusty old fox... So secure hackers need to make up bugs!

Mal 04-10-2006 10:52
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Originally Posted by opelfruitcase (Post 34128595)
Only just read the article, I'd personally take what they're saying with a pinch of salt as they're claiming they've uncovered over 30 bugs, but then refusing to disclose any of them. If its true what they're saying, its very unethical. But the bigger point is this: $500 per flaw reported = $15,000; not an inconsiderable sum of money that they're deciding to pass on, which begs the question as to whether or not they're bluffing about that.
Looks like you were right there, Opel ;)
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Originally Posted by TheBlueRaja (Post 34129223)
http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=34836



LOL!!!! Yeah, i think i'll stick with the trusty old fox... So secure hackers need to make up bugs!

Strzelecki 04-10-2006 11:34
Re: Firefox - 'Seriously flawed'
 
http://techreport.com/onearticle.x/10932 a sort of hoax then.

Mal 04-10-2006 13:18
Re: Firefox - 'Seriously flawed'
 
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Originally Posted by Strzelecki (Post 34129272)
Seems so...see TBR's post above...

Gareth 04-10-2006 16:26
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Yep...
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“ The main purpose of our talk was to be humorous. ”

Mischa Spiegelmock, college student and developer for Six Apart
:rolleyes:

opelfruitcase 04-10-2006 19:47
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Originally Posted by Mal (Post 34129242)
Looks like you were right there, Opel ;)
One to be archived for the future, by all accounts it not that often I use common sense ;)


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