01 October 2006
Firefox not as secure as previously thought
Firefox has begun to get its share of flaws, following a step behind Internet Explorer. A flaw has been found in Firefox's handling of JavaScript. This affects computers running Windows Mac OS X and Linux.
As it could have been expected, as Firefox gained popularity people would begin trying to find exploits for the system. This should not trouble people that much as people finding ways to exploit software functions can be expected sooner or later in large applications, what should trouble people is the length of time that it takes to patch the flaws. I have hope that it won't take very long for it to be patched. If it does take several weeks, as is common for IE flaws to be patched, I would advise people to begin looking for another browser to use.
As it could have been expected, as Firefox gained popularity people would begin trying to find exploits for the system. This should not trouble people that much as people finding ways to exploit software functions can be expected sooner or later in large applications, what should trouble people is the length of time that it takes to patch the flaws. I have hope that it won't take very long for it to be patched. If it does take several weeks, as is common for IE flaws to be patched, I would advise people to begin looking for another browser to use.
Labels: firefox, hoax, vulnerability
