Linked by Thom Holwerda on Fri 8th Sep 2006 20:54 UTC
Security researchers that carried out a code analysis of popular open source browser Firefox using automated tools, have discovered scores of potential defects and security vulnerabilities despite coming to the conclusion that the software was generally well written. A former Mozilla developer has criticised the methodology of the analysis and said it provides little help in unearthing real security bugs.
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2006-01-11
"I cannot even fathom how people use it as their day to day browser."
Very simple. Not everyone experiences the problems you do. Most never see them. That's also what's made them tricky to find and fix. We'll see if the Klocwork results are of help.