Firefox 2.0.0.12 is released, among the security fixes are:
MFSA 2008-11 Web forgery overwrite with div overlay
MFSA 2008-10 URL token stealing via stylesheet redirect
MFSA 2008-09 Mishandling of locally-saved plain text files
MFSA 2008-08 File action dialog tampering
MFSA 2008-06 Web browsing history and forward navigation stealing
MFSA 2008-05 Directory traversal via chrome: URI
MFSA 2008-04 Stored password corruption
MFSA 2008-03 Privilege escalation, XSS, Remote Code Execution
MFSA 2008-02 Multiple file input focus stealing vulnerabilities
MFSA 2008-01 Crashes with evidence of memory corruption (rv:1.8.1.12)
Source: Firefox
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Two words: Firefox Rules!
The End.
Definitely. It rawks. Wonder apart from Safari, does Mac users use Firefox too.
Yeah, I wonder too. Safari is based upon the Gecko mozilla engine from my understanding so there already is a link between the two pieces of software. But the question is why should someone who isn’t familiar with Firefox even bother installing it on MacOS X if Safari does everything they need. It’s that whole IE vs Netscape thing all over again.
I only use safari in Mac, and firefox if I must use linux/bsd or windows.
Safari is great, you can make a private navigation or transform websites into pdf, etc… and if you need an image or an entire website you only need to drag and drop from the website into some folder or desktop.
Suggestion…
NoScript is a valuable add-on to have. Can be a pain in the butt especially when you visit new site. On the flipside however, that very same pain could save you from even more pain from malicious code injections (if only I can even figure out myself what the heck that means).
Nic.