Comments on: Mozilla’s Security Tools for Firefox 2.0 Will Not Impact Internet Explorer http://www.pctipsbox.com/mozillas-security-tools-for-firefox-20-will-not-impact-internet-explorer/ Tips Tricks Central Fri, 21 Nov 2008 22:34:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Mozilla’s Security Tools for Firefox 2.0 Will Not Impact Internet Explorer | PCTipsBox http://www.pctipsbox.com/mozillas-security-tools-for-firefox-20-will-not-impact-internet-explorer/#comment-4773 Mozilla’s Security Tools for Firefox 2.0 Will Not Impact Internet Explorer | PCTipsBox Fri, 02 Nov 2007 04:34:12 +0000 http://www.pctipsbox.com/mozillas-security-tools-for-firefox-20-will-not-impact-internet-explorer/#comment-4773 <!--%kramer-ref-pre%-->[...] Mozilla’s Security Tools for Firefox 2.0 Will Not Impact Internet Explorer Web, Internet Add comments [...]<!--%kramer-ref-post%--> [...] Mozilla’s Security Tools for Firefox 2.0 Will Not Impact Internet Explorer Web, Internet Add comments [...]

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]]> By: Asa Dotzler http://www.pctipsbox.com/mozillas-security-tools-for-firefox-20-will-not-impact-internet-explorer/#comment-3101 Asa Dotzler Tue, 07 Aug 2007 01:28:00 +0000 http://www.pctipsbox.com/mozillas-security-tools-for-firefox-20-will-not-impact-internet-explorer/#comment-3101 This is not quite correct: "Mozilla offered official assurance of the fact that the security tools released for Firefox 2.0 will not impact rival browsers. Internet Explorer, Opera and Safari are not affected by the open source security utilities built especially for Firefox." The Opera Desktop team has already thanked Mozilla for the tool because it helped them discover at least 4 flaws in their JavaScript implementation, at least one with security implications. The tool can be used to find flaws in other browsers' JS implementations but Mozilla made the tool available to the other browser teams with plenty of lead time so they had a chance to find and fix any problems before the tool was released. Just as there is responsible disclosure of security flaws, so should there be with disclosure of security tools. We think, and the other vendors agreed, that our release was responsible, and even better, it was helpful. - A This is not quite correct:

“Mozilla offered official assurance of the fact that the security tools released for Firefox 2.0 will not impact rival browsers. Internet Explorer, Opera and Safari are not affected by the open source security utilities built especially for Firefox.”

The Opera Desktop team has already thanked Mozilla for the tool because it helped them discover at least 4 flaws in their JavaScript implementation, at least one with security implications.

The tool can be used to find flaws in other browsers’ JS implementations but Mozilla made the tool available to the other browser teams with plenty of lead time so they had a chance to find and fix any problems before the tool was released. Just as there is responsible disclosure of security flaws, so should there be with disclosure of security tools. We think, and the other vendors agreed, that our release was responsible, and even better, it was helpful.

- A

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