Mozilla today released updated versions of the Firefox browser, v1.5.0.10 and v2.0.0.2, for Windows, Mac, and Linux, which close a major security flaw called the 'location.hostname vulnerability'. The fix stops hackers from being able to tamper with how websites are displayed.
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"I run linux and have installed firefox in my home directory so it can do automatic updates"
albeit unlikely, any process running in your user account can modify the binary? kinda defeats the purpose of the security model. not a good solution.
it would be nice if firefox notified regular users (windows or linux) of updates too so you could switch to admin or root respectively... or maybe even allow you to click update, and prompt for credentials to runnas/sudo.
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Gotta wonder .. is Firefox really anymore secure these days than IE7 running on WinXP SP2? I'm not saying it is or isn't, but seems like security vunerabilities are popping up more and more for Firefox. In regard to what another poster said, I've tried setting up Opera for friends and family, but newbies generally don't seem to dig it as much as Firefox.
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is Firefox really anymore secure these days than IE7 running on WinXP SP2?
It depends on the user. If you know what you're doing, they're both pretty secure. If you don't know what you're doing, they're both pretty insecure. Reverse that if you're a cracker.
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Maybe it is just me but IE 7 UI feels sluggish on my machine compared to Firefox. For example when I open a new tab theres a slight pause before the new tab opens up. In Firefox its always instant.
I'd like to think I have a fairly modern machine and this slowdown shouldn't be there. (A64 3800+ 1GB Memory with Win XP Pro)
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Maybe it is just me but IE 7 UI feels sluggish on my machine compared to Firefox.
For me it's rather the other way around. While I don't have speed issues with FF, I find IE7 a little faster. It loads pages instantly.
Just don't have scripting on by default for websites. Then you are pretty safe with most browsers.
Ah, nice! You don't need Javascript to inoculate a virus into the temp directory of a computer. A JPEG image will do the trick. It's very unlikely to get a virus browsing the web. Do you remember visiting the web and your antivirus triggering alerts? Very unlikely. And when you have an updated antivirus, you're safe. Now, if you disable Javascript, most web sites will be unusable. Try it yourself to see. Most web sites nowadays use Javascript for everything, especially all Web 2.0 sites, e-commerce sites, etc...
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It already has one called built in. I just downloaded a filter list for it which I found over here:
http://www.fanboy.co.nz/adblock/
See here for more information:
http://operawiki.info/OperaAdblock
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Thank you for this, it worked a treat on my Opera install...
Hmm.... now I've just got to consider if I can find a plugin replacement for my spell checker and my media downloaders and I'll have Opera on par with my Firefox installation...
--bornagainpenguin
EDIT- fixed yo => you
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I switched from Firefox to Konqueror (for those who don't know, it comes with KDE) a long time ago because Konq to me feels much faster; Maybe due to it using the same libraries as KDE (like IE <> explorer?) or how simple/small it is.
But anyway, my question, I wonder how secure it really is.. If it would have the same situations as firefox did when it hit fame and propper use..
Which also makes me wonder if Opera is that famous for all the bugs and security flaws to be discovered..
While i'm at it, what about the command line links/lynx ?
Anyway, I guess my point is, every software, open or closed, has its bugs, flaws, and security issues.. What makes one distinguished is not the number of flaws discovered in a day, but how many of them are fixed and how quickly.
Cheers for Firefox.
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