Some of the bits are enumerated here: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=572659#c55
Though it might not be our aim, minor versions haven't always been non-web-breaking. We may not add a new feature, but tweak how one works, and that could cause web sites to behave differently if they rely on the old (flawed) behavior and we change that. -Sid On 09/24/2010 10:30 AM, Devdatta Akhawe wrote: >> If we see it being abused by focused attacks, we should definitely >> revisit the balance discussion, but breaking the bits of the web that >> legitimately benefit from this currently seems to outweigh the gain from >> a speculatively useful attack technique. > > what bits of the web legitimately benefit from knowing the minor > version ? My understanding was that minor version changes did not > involve new features - only security fixes > > cheers > devdatta > >> >> -Sid >> _______________________________________________ >> dev-security mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-security >> _______________________________________________ dev-security mailing list [email protected] https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-security
