Firefox 3 Beta Boosts Security
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| Review: Firefox 3 should be welcome both for its many small usability
| improvements and for its under-the-covers Web rendering engine and security
| enhancements.
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http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,2227262,00.asp?kc=EWRSS03129TX1K0000616
AJAX benefits, issues cited by Zimbra exec
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| Dietzen noted Zimbra's platform enables use of mashups; these feature quickly
| assembled task-based applications deriving data from other, larger systems.
| Mashups get Dietzen's vote as the killer app for Web 2.0.
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/infoworld/20071203/tc_infoworld/93799
Yesterday:
Critical Vulnerability in Microsoft Metrics
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| This is a small subset of all the vulnerabilities, because the
| vulnerabilities that are found through the QA process and the vulnerabilities
| that are found by the security folks they engage as contractors to perform
| penetration testing are fixed in service packs and major updates. For
| Microsoft this makes sense because these fixes get the benefit of a full test
| pass which is much more robust for a service pack or major release than it is
| for a security update.
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http://blog.mozilla.com/security/2007/11/30/critical-vulnerability-in-microsoft-metrics/
Skeletons in Microsoft’s Patch Day closet
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| This is the first time I’ve seen Microsoft prominently admit to silently
| fixing vulnerabilities in its bulletins — a controversial practice that
| effectively reduces the number of publicly documented bug fixes (for those
| keeping count) and affects patch management/deployment decisions.
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http://blogs.zdnet.com/security/?p=316
Beware of undisclosed Microsoft patches
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| Forget for a moment whether Microsoft is throwing off patch counts
| that Microsoft brass use to compare its security record with those
| of its competitors. What do you think of Redmond’s silent patching
| practice?
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http://blogs.zdnet.com/microsoft/?p=527
Microsoft is Counting Bugs Again
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| Sorry, but Microsoft's self-evaluating security counting isn't really a
| good accounting.
|
| [...]
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| The point: Don't count on security flaw counting. The real flaw is
| the counting.
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http://www.microsoft-watch.com/content/security/microsoft_is_counting_bugs_again.html?kc=MWRSS02129TX1K0000535
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