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55 Ways to Hack Mozilla's Firefox
CanWest News Service ^ | Sarah Stables

Posted on 01/06/2005 11:07:43 PM PST by Bush2000

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To: KwasiOwusu

What pain? LOL


21 posted on 01/07/2005 7:06:23 AM PST by Petronski (I'd give my right arm to be ambidextrous.)
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To: KwasiOwusu
No pain here. Every program has potential exploits that are revealed. With open source software such exploits are fixed very quickly.

In Microsoft's case when exploits are revealed they tend to go unpatched for months, sometimes a year, or until the next service pack is released. I'm sure as we speak there are IE and Windows exploits out there that MS knows about, and we don't.
22 posted on 01/07/2005 7:13:26 AM PST by KoRn
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To: Dallas59
Kinda off the subject...I run my DSL thru a Linksys router. Never had anyone "inside" my computer.

Really? How do you know? 90% of those that purchase routers off the shelf don't even bother to change the default password or any of the default security settings.

I can walk around my neighborhood with my laptop that has a wireless network card and connect to almost all routers with no problem. Just because you have a router that says "Firewall" built-in doesn't mean it is setup to work correctly.


23 posted on 01/07/2005 7:14:27 AM PST by unixfox (Close the borders, problems solved!)
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To: Bush2000
Let's see: daily exploits/vulnerabilities found to the tune of several thousand over the years vs. 55 over several years.

I think I'll go with the 55.

I switched to Firefox and my web surfing has never been faster, the daily IE web page problems have disappeared, and so far my machine has far fewer things found by Ad Alert and Spybot when I do scans.

24 posted on 01/07/2005 7:15:52 AM PST by SW6906
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To: Bush2000

I'm no computer expert, but I don't think there is a browser that is impervious to hacking and probably never will be, so I will continue to use Mozilla just because I like it better than Internet Explorer.


25 posted on 01/07/2005 7:16:36 AM PST by SilentServiceCPOWife (A tagline! A tagline! My kingdom for a tagline!)
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To: Petronski
"What pain? LOL"

The pain of seeing your "open source is secure" myth get taken apart yet again. :)
Will you excuse me while I laugh? LMAO!
26 posted on 01/07/2005 7:22:13 AM PST by KwasiOwusu
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To: Bush2000
What facts? All I saw was 55 exploits? Are there 55 exploits? probably, does this make firefox as vulnerable as IE on an acrhitectural level, probably not.

I dont have time to look over the expolits but I would be interested to know how many of them require pebkac...

27 posted on 01/07/2005 7:23:16 AM PST by N3WBI3
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To: KwasiOwusu

No pain, except the stitch I get in my side laughing at half-assed Redmond FUD.

I'll let you know when I get problems from Firefox.


28 posted on 01/07/2005 7:24:01 AM PST by Petronski (I'd give my right arm to be ambidextrous.)
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To: Bush2000
Er... yes. If you don't take the trouble to lock your stuff down, you will get hacked. And? It'd easier to do it on MS's IE than it is on something completely new. Also note, the vulnerabilities found are tied DIRECTLY to things like MS's Active X controls and other such vulnerable nonsense.

Running even a straight Unix terminal and a text only browser would STILL leave you open to intrusion.

Give it a rest...

29 posted on 01/07/2005 7:24:34 AM PST by Dead Corpse (Cum catapultae proscriptae erunt tum soli proscript catapultas habebunt.)
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To: Bush2000
What? where is the logic in that... There are 55 Vulnerabilities in fire fox therefore IE is better and the 'switch' is not worth it?

How about a comparison, lets not just assume one is better than the other..

30 posted on 01/07/2005 7:25:11 AM PST by N3WBI3
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To: JerseyHighlander; Bush2000
Umm that link went to Mozilla (not FireFox) bugs..

Mozilla Firefox 1.x with all vendor patches installed and all vendor workarounds applied, is currently affected by one or more Secunia advisories rated Moderately critical This is based on the most severe Secunia advisory, which is marked as "Unpatched" in the Secunia database. Go to Unpatched/Patched list below for details. Currently, 4 out of 5 Secunia advisories, is marked as "Unpatched" in the Secunia database.

Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 with all vendor patches installed and all vendor workarounds applied, is currently affected by one or more Secunia advisories rated Extremely critical This is based on the most severe Secunia advisory, which is marked as "Unpatched" in the Secunia database. Go to Unpatched/Patched list below for details. Currently, 21 out of 75 Secunia advisories, is marked as "Unpatched" in the Secunia database.

31 posted on 01/07/2005 7:28:52 AM PST by N3WBI3
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To: SW6906
"55 over several years"

Try 55 security holes in just MONTHS!
And...virus writers haven't even began to really focus much attention on Firefox, yet.
Most virus writers are still concentrating on the overwhelming market leader, Microsoft Internet Explorer.

With just a tiny percentage of virus writers attacking, Firefox is already springing security holes like a sieve.
Imagine what Firefox is going to look like when malignant code writers REALLY concentrate on it, like they have on Internet Explorer for years.
The Firefox massive con is beginning to unscramble like Clinton's lies about Lewinsky.
Hehehehehehehehehehehehehehe!!
32 posted on 01/07/2005 7:28:55 AM PST by KwasiOwusu
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To: KwasiOwusu

You can die in any car, still in a head on I would rather be in a saab than a Yugo.. You windows knee padders are the best..


33 posted on 01/07/2005 7:29:51 AM PST by N3WBI3
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To: Petronski
"No pain, except the stitch I get in my side laughing at half-assed Redmond FUD"

Come, come, you can tell the truth for once here.
Confession is good for the soul.
Don't bust a gut, ok?
ROTFLMAO!!

"I'll let you know when I get problems from Firefox."

No you won't.
You'll do what you have always done: Try and hide how really insecure and crappy your open source garbage is, under your bed.
But hey, the truth will out.
Just go ask Klinton!! :)
34 posted on 01/07/2005 7:34:15 AM PST by KwasiOwusu
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To: KwasiOwusu

You're not supposed to drink the bong water.


35 posted on 01/07/2005 7:35:03 AM PST by Petronski (I'd give my right arm to be ambidextrous.)
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To: N3WBI3
"You can die in any car, still in a head on I would rather be in a saab than a Yugo"

Oh no!
Trouble is, you'd be dying in your Firefox Yugo.
But hey, there is always the 72 virgin Helen Thomas's to think of.... :)
36 posted on 01/07/2005 7:38:18 AM PST by KwasiOwusu
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To: All
This entire article is based on?

The evidence is at K-Otic.com, a Web site where hackers and security experts post their latest "exploits"

Oh, well. We all know that the hackers who post at "K-Otic" are paragons of virtue and honesty.

Goodness, gracious, me-oh-my. How could I have ever doubted the veracity of this article?

An extended explanation on why Internet Explorer is insecure

Vulnerability Note VU#713878 (US-CERT)
37 posted on 01/07/2005 7:40:04 AM PST by holymoly (If I keep saying it, it's because it's always true.)
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To: KwasiOwusu

According to experts FireFox is a moderate risk and IE an extreme risk, you better buckle up..


38 posted on 01/07/2005 7:42:29 AM PST by N3WBI3
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To: Petronski
"You're not supposed to drink the bong water"

Poor guy.
Does you Firefox baby's security holes hurt that much?
I did warn ya about drinking that open source Kool Aid.
39 posted on 01/07/2005 7:43:05 AM PST by KwasiOwusu
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To: KwasiOwusu
Read the article:

"As early as 2000, when Firefox was but a teething babe at the Mozilla programming lab, K-Otic.com had found three exploits for early Mozilla programs, bugs that would apply equally to Firefox, Purita said.

The tally grew to 15 exploits in 2001. It bulged to 27 exploits in 2002, and in 2003, reached 30 known exploits. Last year, the number of exploits nearly doubled."

30 in one year on relatively new code vs. hundreds per year on IE that has been around for a decade or more?

Yes, I understand there are more people hacking away at IE, but come one now, they've been doing it for YEARS and they're still finding things! I'll still stick with Firefox.

40 posted on 01/07/2005 7:43:21 AM PST by SW6906
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