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February 26th, 2007 at 10:31 am

Firefox Exposed - Look, Your Browser has Security Flaws Too!

It’s really nice to see that Microsoft isn’t the only company out there getting slammed for security flaws in their software and the Internet Explorer browser.  With a rise in popularity and use, Firefox is starting to feel the heat as well.

Several security researchers have been finding bugs and posting them on the internet - and then sending them to Mozilla’s staff.  The process of publishing the results to the general public before disclosing them to Mozilla developers is troubling for the VP’s at Mozilla, but good for everyone else.  If the problems don’t get exposed, we’d likely never hear about them.

Here’s more on the Firefox security flaws

If only Apple’s computers could become more widely used, researchers could poke holes in their software too. ;)

 

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