Firefox phishing vulnerability discovered

ZDNet UK ^ | 05 January 2005 | Ingrid Marson

[BigSkyFreeper]

Search is your friend.

[N3WBI3]

And aparently unbacked exaggeration is yours..

[BigSkyFreeper]

Just read through the threads with the keyword Firefox

[N3WBI3]

None of these are post to you from someone saying that FireFox has no vulnerabilities..... Safer does not mean impervious..

[BigSkyFreeper]

Safer does not mean impervious..

That's basically been my mantra for the past 25 years as a computer user.

[Jen]

Would you please add me to your Firefox ping list?

[N3WBI3]

And that is what 99.9999% of the OSS folks on this board will say but constantly I see people saying that OSS folks claim their software is unbreakable when I have *never* seen that said..

[TechJunkYard]

I'm just saying that with anything popular, there will always be some possible exploitation found, because of the popularity of the product.

The favorite mantra of the Microsoft Apologist.

This is one relatively minor problem with FF, versus how many serious issues with IE? Granted, IE has been around longer, so it has a head start, and is fundamentally flawed to begin with. But popularity has nothing to do with it.

There is no comparison.

[BigSkyFreeper]

The favorite mantra of the Microsoft Apologist.

Actually I'm not a Microsoft Apologist. Popularity does play a part in this vulnerability in FF.

[ChefKeith]

You ever run critter checks?

[TechJunkYard]

Popularity does play a part in this vulnerability in FF.

I'm sure you can post some proof which backs up your theory then.

[BigSkyFreeper]

I'm sure you can post some proof which backs up your theory then.

If you're that clueless, then I won't bother.

[TechJunkYard]

.. I won't bother.

I'm never surprised when a MS kneepadder backs away from a challenge.

C'mon, seriously. I want to know why you think the patrons of the most popular restaurant in town are more likely to come down with ptomaine poisoning... just because the restaurant is popular.

[ShadowAce]

Sure, if you don't mind being pinged to other technical items as well.

[Jen]

OK, thanks.

[Calvinist_Dark_Lord]

Found, perhaps. "Exploited" is still much less likely.

IIRC, Firefox has an extension that takes care of this problem. At least i seem to run across it when downloading ad-ons.

[grwcfl537]

Second that. Do you know if the actual URL will show with the spoofstick extension?

Mel

[ShadowAce]

Here ya go

[ShadowAce]

Ping to #58

[Calvinist_Dark_Lord]

Have it already. i believe i might have been thinking of the multi line url addon that also exists.