With the release Firefox 3.0 alpha 8, the Mozilla Corporation has finally unveiled several security features it's talked up for months. Among the security provisions debuting in the new alpha of "Gran Paradiso," the code name for Firefox 3.0, are built-in anti-malware warnings and protection against rogue extension updates. The malware blocker, which was first mocked up in June, will block Web sites thought to contain malicious downloads. The feature will use information provided by Google Incorporated to flag potentially-dangerous sites, warn anyone trying to reach those URLs with Firefox and automatically block access to the site.
Another new feature prevents automatic updates of extensions from sending users to malicious sites where they might be infected by attack code or drive-by downloads. Most extensions are hosted on Mozilla's own servers but the company wants to lock down the ones that are not. Mozilla will require both the actual update package and the much smaller "manifest," or notification of an update, to be delivered over an SSL-secured connection. Alternatively, the update can be digitally signed. Mozilla noted that the change doesn't affect the initial installation of an extension.
Mozilla has not officially committed to a release date for the final version of Firefox 3.0.
News source: ComputerWorld
Another new feature prevents automatic updates of extensions from sending users to malicious sites where they might be infected by attack code or drive-by downloads. Most extensions are hosted on Mozilla's own servers but the company wants to lock down the ones that are not. Mozilla will require both the actual update package and the much smaller "manifest," or notification of an update, to be delivered over an SSL-secured connection. Alternatively, the update can be digitally signed. Mozilla noted that the change doesn't affect the initial installation of an extension.
Mozilla has not officially committed to a release date for the final version of Firefox 3.0.
News source: ComputerWorld
Glassed Silver:mac
Glassed Silver:mac
Maybe because they are
Nevermind, I don't like them either and Google has once blocked access to my website, and it was only a website containing information of a game (and cheats, of course)
Firefox is aimed at novice users who don't even know what an internet is. If you're a confident user then of course you will be able to turn this feature off. But please try to remember that firefox isn't aimed at advanced users like yourself, but instead at people who basically don't know what they're doing and often get themselves into trouble whilst browsing.
Firefox is aimed at novice users who don't even know what an internet is. If you're a confident user then of course you will be able to turn this feature off. But please try to remember that firefox isn't aimed at advanced users like yourself, but instead at people who basically don't know what they're doing and often get themselves into trouble whilst browsing.
That was the most idiotic post of the day.
Firefox is aimed at novice users who don't even know what an internet is. If you're a confident user then of course you will be able to turn this feature off. But please try to remember that firefox isn't aimed at advanced users like yourself, but instead at people who basically don't know what they're doing and often get themselves into trouble whilst browsing.
That was the most idiotic post of the day.
Are you the pot or the kettle?
Firefox is aimed at novice users who don't even know what an internet is. If you're a confident user then of course you will be able to turn this feature off. But please try to remember that firefox isn't aimed at advanced users like yourself, but instead at people who basically don't know what they're doing and often get themselves into trouble whilst browsing.
yes guru crow always drop his bread to fox.
I don't ever see MS handing any corporation the keys to it's own tech, not ever, not even with licensing terms attached.
It's mostly a Vista platform feature, see the second half of this article: http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb250462.aspx
Camino?
So you're slating one program for getting bigger because instead you can have two programs to achieve the same thing?
Circular logic if I ever saw it.
in beta so there's going to be problems
with it. They haven't worked all the
bugs out yet.
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