Re: Iceweasel updates
On Mon 02 Nov 2015 at 13:48:13 +0100, Vincent Lefevre wrote:
> On 2015-11-02 12:35:43 +0000, Brad Rogers wrote:
> > On Mon, 02 Nov 2015 07:19:46 -0500
> > Jack Dangler <tdldev@gmail.com> wrote:
> > >Got a msg this morning from online bank service that my browser
> >
> > Your banking service is being lazy; They don't want to 'support' an
> > older version Ff. If Iceweasel still works on their site, carry on
> > using it. Security issues with IW v31 notwithstanding, of course.
>
> The reason is probably security issues. This may be a good reason
> for banking services. FF 31 is no longer supported:
>
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firefox_release_history
>
> "End-of-life 31.x.x ESR product line on August 11, 2015."
The reason you advance is probably the one which bank's IT section would
give if you asked them. Quite how a user's browser can compromise the
security of the site itself is unlikely to be explained.
The OP could look at
https://wiki.debian.org/Iceweasel#User-Agent_string
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