Re: Netscape/Firefox Threat

2005-10-05 Thread darm0k

At 01:55 PM -0400 09/23/2005, K wrote:
FYI...Has anyone seen this yet??  It's about a supposedly new break 
in Firefox/Netscape security...The story ran this am in the 
Washington Post

Regards,
Mike K

http://blogs.washingtonpost.com/securityfix/2005/09/exploit_release.html?referrer=email


AFAIK, this is a PC only exploit.

Later on he mentions the issue of Moz/Firefox having had more 
security holes fixed than IE recently.  That's interesting FUD, IMO --


1) They're talking about *fixed* holes.  There are a number of 
long-standing holes in IE that MS seems unable to handle.


2) MS' documentation as to what's in their mass-patch packages does 
not cover all that's actually there.  IOW, there have been many 
patches to components used by IE directly or indirectly that are not 
counted.


3) Then there's the public nature of Moz, because it is Open Source. 
MS' security-by-obscurity is a joke.  Nuf said.


FWIW,
- Dan.

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Netscape/Firefox Threat

2005-09-23 Thread K
FYI...Has anyone seen this yet??  It's about a supposedly new break in 
Firefox/Netscape security...The story ran this am in the Washington Post

Regards,
Mike K

http://blogs.washingtonpost.com/securityfix/2005/09/exploit_release.html?referrer=email


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