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[News] More on Firefox 3's Defence Against Untrusted Third-party Extensions

  • Subject: [News] More on Firefox 3's Defence Against Untrusted Third-party Extensions
  • From: Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Sun, 23 Sep 2007 06:05:12 +0100
  • Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy
  • Organization: Netscape / schestowitz.com
  • User-agent: KNode/0.10.4
Firefox 3 Secures Extensions  

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| In terms of add-on extension security, Firefox 3 Alpha 8 is specifically 
| targeting the updating of add-ons to make that process more secure. 
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http://www.internetnews.com/dev-news/article.php/3700801

Since these are not binaries, there's room for more security checks.


Related:

Firefox 3 To Support Offline Apps

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| Robert O'Callahan from Mozilla, who is based in NZ but drives the
| rendering engine of Mozilla/FireFox, spoke about how Firefox 3 will
| deliver support for offline applications. 
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http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/firefox_3_offline_apps.php


Google Gears no slam-dunk for Mozilla's Firefox

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| Mozilla Corp. is gung-ho on support for offline applications, but it's 
| not committed to using the just-announced Google Gears technologies in 
| the next Firefox, an executive of the open-source developer said 
| Friday. 
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http://www.linuxworld.com/news/2007/060107-google-gears-no-slam-dunk-for.html?fsrc=rss-linux-news


OpenOffice.org 2.3.0 Quietly Released

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| The official release of OpenOffice.org 2.3.0 is scheduled for Monday, 
| September 17, but it is available already. 
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http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=NjA2MA

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