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No wonder my net seemed slow today - the pedlo in the flats is back on and sucking up my contention!
Huzzah... Bug found on the 8th, fixed, patched and FF updated on the 12th! The jous of Open Source!;)
I just won't look at any porn for the next few days until an update is found!
In fact I need to do a scan, I somehow got some spyware on here despite not downloading any EXE files...
In fact I need to do a scan, I somehow got some spyware on here despite not downloading any EXE files...
Old news!;)
Security Advisory (May 8, 2005) The Mozilla Foundation is aware of two potentially critical Firefox security vulnerabilities as reported publicly Saturday, May 7th. There are currently no known active exploits of these vulnerabilities although a "proof of concept" has been reported. Changes to the Mozilla Update web service have been made to mitigate the risk of an exploit. Mozilla is aggressively working to provide a more comprehensive solution to these potential vulnerabilities and will provide that solution in a forthcoming security update. Users can further protect themselves today by temporarily disabling JavaScript.
No one ever said it's be perfect, but in comparison to the ammount of holes in IE, this is just a minor niggle. Also, with it being Open Source, fixes happen much quicker and are implemented much faster. Unlike the IE fix list which has still yet to be implemented by M$.
Fopr example, Bugzilla tracking of bug fix for this: Bugzilla Bug 293302 Firefox 1.0.3 Critical Vulnerability [URL]https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=293302[/URL]
FWIW, this also affects the Mozilla Suite of applications, not just Firefox. Ti's amazing how publicity makes something sound worse than it is, especially with the publicity FF has been receiving lately.
I still prefer it over IE any day despite the occasional bug hiccup.
Security Advisory (May 8, 2005) The Mozilla Foundation is aware of two potentially critical Firefox security vulnerabilities as reported publicly Saturday, May 7th. There are currently no known active exploits of these vulnerabilities although a "proof of concept" has been reported. Changes to the Mozilla Update web service have been made to mitigate the risk of an exploit. Mozilla is aggressively working to provide a more comprehensive solution to these potential vulnerabilities and will provide that solution in a forthcoming security update. Users can further protect themselves today by temporarily disabling JavaScript.
No one ever said it's be perfect, but in comparison to the ammount of holes in IE, this is just a minor niggle. Also, with it being Open Source, fixes happen much quicker and are implemented much faster. Unlike the IE fix list which has still yet to be implemented by M$.
Fopr example, Bugzilla tracking of bug fix for this: Bugzilla Bug 293302 Firefox 1.0.3 Critical Vulnerability [URL]https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=293302[/URL]
FWIW, this also affects the Mozilla Suite of applications, not just Firefox. Ti's amazing how publicity makes something sound worse than it is, especially with the publicity FF has been receiving lately.
I still prefer it over IE any day despite the occasional bug hiccup.
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