On 9/7/12 3:30 PM, Chris Ilias wrote: > On 12-09-07 9:34 AM, hawker wrote: >> I see Google has a new map sytem called MapsGL. >> >> When I try to use it in Seamonky 2.11 it says my browser is not >> supported. Under supported browsers it lists Firefox going back a ways >> (version 8) so Seamonkey should work as well. >> >> I understand Seamonkey now advertises itself as Firefox, so can anyone >> tell me why this is not working and what to do to make it work? > > MapsGL uses WebGL, which requires support from both the browser and your > graphics card. > WebGL support was added in SeaMonkey 2.1. > We can get more info about your graphics card and whether or it supports > WebGL if you post your Troubleshooting Information. Go to > Help-->Troubleshooting_Information, then click [Copy all to Clipboard]. > Open a reply to this post, and go to Edit-->Paste to paste the info from > your Troubleshooting Information page. >
>From US-CERT at <http://www.us-cert.gov/current/archive/2011/05/19/archive.html#web_users_warned_to_turn>: > WebGL Security Risks added May 11, 2011 at 01:50 pm | updated May 16, > 2011 at 10:20 am > > US-CERT is aware of reports indicating that WebGL contains multiple > significant security issues. The impact of these issues includes > denial of service, and cross-domain attacks. WebGL is a new web > standard that is enabled by default in Firefox 4 and Google Chrome > and is included in Safari. > > US-CERT encourages users and administrators to review the Context > report and update their systems as necessary to help mitigate the risks. ["Context report is at <http://www.contextis.com/resources/blog/webgl/>] Thus, I disabled WebGL. I have seen no notice of this vulnerability being fixed. -- David E. Ross <http://www.rossde.com/> Anyone who thinks government owns a monopoly on inefficient, obstructive bureaucracy has obviously never worked for a large corporation. © 1997 by David E. Ross _______________________________________________ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
