Re: Proposed Feature: Application Reputation system

2012-06-09 Thread david
Sid Stamm sst...@mozilla.com wrote: Since sending URLs is the main difference between this and the rest of Safe Browsing, we have to think about whether Firefox users will be willing to trade some of their download history for the protection offered by the system and a less in-your-face

Re: Proposed Feature: Application Reputation system

2012-06-09 Thread Kevin Chadwick
On Fri, 08 Jun 2012 15:02:27 -0700 Sid Stamm wrote: we have to think about whether Firefox users will be willing to trade some of their download history for the protection offered by the system and a less in-your-face download UI. I believe they will. I'm assuming there would be a disable

Re: Proposed Feature: Application Reputation system

2012-06-09 Thread Jean-Marc Desperrier
On 08/06/2012 18:02, Sid Stamm wrote: binary-file reputation system based on a whitelist of binaries and domains, and identifies benign executables as windows users attempt to download them. Benign executables can bypass any are you sure UI, making it less annoying to users. But also a lot