Mozilla Links Digest for September 2006

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October 2, 2006

UPDATED: Firefox vulnerability disclosed at ToorCon 2006 
<http://mozillalinks.org/wp/2006/10/firefox-vulnerability-...>

During hacker convention ToorCon 2006, speakers Mischa Spiegelmock and 
Andrew Wbeelsoi presented how a current Firefox vulnerability could be 
exploited to gain control of a web visitor's computer. The example 
exploits a flaw in Mozilla's JavaScript implementation. An attacker 
would need to craft a specially coded web page and would take control 
once an unknowingly [...]

IE More Secure Than Firefox? 
<http://mozillalinks.org/wp/2006/10/ie-more-secure-than-fi...>

eWeek's John Rapoza takes on last week Symantec's announcement regarding 
IE vs Firefox security.
The bottom line: it's hard to tell for sure which one is better 
security-wise as it depends a lot on what you exactly you measure. I 
would really like to see someone come out with a precise metric for web 
browsers' [...]

Betas market share: IE 52%, Firefox 48% 
<http://mozillalinks.org/wp/2006/09/betas-market-share-ie-...>

This is a special announcement for statistics freaks. French web 
analyzer, Xiti Monitor has just released statistics (fr-FR) revealing 
that among beta version browser users, Firefox is preferred by 48% (or 
about 0.7% of all users) while the rest uses some Internet Explorer 7 
beta (52% or about 1% of all users).

Microsoft on anti-phishing: We are winning 
<http://mozillalinks.org/wp/2006/09/microsoft-on-anti-phis...>

IEBlog is reporting today that 3Sharp, a Microsoft partner on office 
communication solutions, has just released a study commissioned by 
Microsoft on browser anti-phishing tools performance.  The results 
concludes that Internet Explorer 7 Beta 3 anti-phishing tool leads the 
bunch with an overall score of 172 points (out of possible 200). The 
number comes from an [...]

Firefox 2 Release Candidate 1 is out 
<http://mozillalinks.org/wp/2006/09/firefox-2-release-cand...>

Mozilla has just released the first release candidate of what will 
become Firefox 2. As expected there are no notable enhancements 
feature-wise here compared to Beta 2, but a lot of work has gone behind 
the scenes. No doubt the main change is to some button icons and colors 
as part of the visual refresh [...]

Merge Firefox Reload/Stop buttons, extensionless 
<http://mozillalinks.org/wp/2006/09/merge-firefox-reloadst...>

Extensions are great but I love customizing Firefox without them. One of 
my favorite extensions is Stop/Reload, a simple extension that merges 
both buttons into a single one that toggles between stop and reload 
intelligently.  You can replicate this functionality with a simple edit 
of userChrome.css file. In Windows, you can find it at: C:\Documents and 
[...]

Get more from Live Bookmarks with LiveClick 
<http://mozillalinks.org/wp/2006/09/get-more-fom-live-book...>

LiveClick is a very handy extension for Firefox (and happily, it works 
even with current Firefox 2 nightlies) that teaches new tricks to good 
old Firefox live bookmarks. It adds Open Location and View Feed options 
to all live bookmarks. Open Location will open the web site you 
subscribed the feed from, while View Feed shows [...]

Mozilla security officer on CNet 
<http://mozillalinks.org/wp/2006/09/mozilla-security-offic...>

CNet has just released an interview to Window Snyder, recently appointed 
Mozilla Chief Security Officer. Snyder talks about her background, her 
experience at Microsoft and the strategies to strengthen Mozilla 
security. Read the complete article here.

Stay current with Download.com Update Watcher 
<http://mozillalinks.org/wp/2006/09/stay-current-with-down...>

So you've got a lot of nifty utilities in your computer. The question is 
how do you ensure to be running the latest version of each of those? 
CNet Download.com Update Watcher addresses this need. You need to create 
an account with CNet and add the titles you care about to your watch 
list. Once installed [...]

On Firefox security 
<http://mozillalinks.org/wp/2006/09/on-firefox-security/>

On a recent interview to Window Snyder, Mozilla's recently appointed 
chief security officer, she has revealed that among other strategies for 
tightening Firefox security they will remove any "death code" (like for 
unused features) from its source code in order to reduce any attack 
surface. They will also aim to implement technologies for better memory 
[...]

Camino 1.0.3, Thunderbird 1.5.0.7 updates out 
<http://mozillalinks.org/wp/2006/09/camino-103-update-thun...>

And closing the latest round of Mozilla products' updates, Camino has 
just released update 1.0.3. Form its release notes:

Fixed several critical security and stability issues, including those 
fixed in version 1.8.0.7 of the Mozilla Gecko rendering engine.
Upgraded the bundled Java Embedding Plugin to version 0.9.5+g.
The "Reset Camino..." command will now reset minimized windows.
Fixed an issue [...]

SeaMonkey 1.0.5 update is out 
<http://mozillalinks.org/wp/2006/09/seamonkey-105-update-i...>

Following Firefox's recent update, SeaMonkey, the Mozilla-based Internet 
application suite has been updated as well. Stability bug fixes as well 
as patches for 6 security vulnerabilities, 4 labeled as critical.
Proceed to SeaMonkey Project's web site to get this update now.

Firefox 1.5.0.7 update is out 
<http://mozillalinks.org/wp/2006/09/firefox-1507-update-is...>

Mozilla has just released an update for Firefox 1.5. The update brings a 
number of bug fixes including patches for 7 security vulnerabilities, 4 
of them labeled as critical, making it a must have as usual.
If you configured Firefox for automatic updates, you should be prompted 
to update within 48 hours. If not, you [...]

Upcoming Mozilla books 
<http://mozillalinks.org/wp/2006/09/upcoming-mozilla-books/>

Two new Mozilla development books are on the works and due for early 
next year.
The first one: Pro Firefox Extension and Application Development, by 
Kurt Cagle and Mark David Peterson, "is the first book to show how to 
extend Firefox's capabilities using JavaScript, the eXtensible 
User-Interface Language, XForms, CSS, XUL, and XBL.", according to [...]

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