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browser security flaws not being addressed



I'm surprised it's taking so long for the mozilla (and opera) folks to address these security issues, which sound pretty severe, if you're doing banking and such on line.

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/02/07/browsers_idn_spoofing/

http://itmanagement.earthweb.com/secu/article.php/3440971

The way firefox came out with newspaper adds claiming a more secure browser gave me the impression they planned on keeping firefox updated with security patches, as exploits occurred. In fact, they even have a button in the preferences that let's you check for and install patches. But, here we are, months after these flaws were revealed and still nothing. It's the same as $M.

At least, they would have published a notice and let people know to be cautious in how they go to a site, but nothing.

paul



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