Comments on: Hackers claim zero-day flaw in Firefox

Mozilla is investigating hacker claims that the Web browser has a serious flaw in the way it handles JavaScript.
Photos: Hackers outline possible Firefox crack

[shadowcomputer]

You Guys missed the IE exploit of last week

There was a zero day exploit for internet explorer found last, but you guys at CNET never posted anything about it. Why did you not report the IE bug, but are now reporting this Firefox one?

[Gunady]

There is IE Exploit News

Do you mean this: http://news.com.com/Another+zero-day+threat+hits+Windows/2100-1002_3-6121236.html ?

It's 29 September and it's part of IE Exploit. Oh God, please don't easily comment something that you don't know for sure. I do simple search, and easily found it. If you don't read CNET frequently, don't claim they don't post something.

[tania3000]

Is Google Maps OK in Firefox?

If so, I'd switch. Google Maps is where all the strange stuff is being discovered, like that bizarre military facility in China:

http://regmedia.co.uk/2006/07/19/huangyangtan_wide.jpg

http://bbs.keyhole.com/ubb/showthreaded.php/Cat/0/Number/484568

That's the place in the middle of the desert where the Chinese Army has constructed a scale-model replica of the entire region of Aksai Chin (occupied by China since the 1962 war with India). At 1:500, it's still 700 by 900 meters big ( = several football fields). Next to it is a base with dozens of troop transporters seen coming and going. The duplicate shows everything: rivers, lakes, roads and snow-capped mountains. It's basically a landscape within a landscape.

The problem is that nobody has been able to figure out the function of this thing. The world's biggest miniature golf course, perhaps? China's own Area 51? That's why it's the subject of so much discussion in the blogosphere. The discoverer even had to set up his own blog: foundinchina.blogspot.com

Any ideas?

[Trane Francks]

Google Maps

http://maps.google.com/ is safe in any browser.

[Trane Francks]

Hacker: Was supposed to be humorous

http://developer.mozilla.org/devnews/index.php/2006/10/02/update-possible-vulnerability-reported-at-toorcon/

Ha. Ha. Ha.

I'm not laughing.

[Rawnchie14]

Last time I checked...

Microsoft Word is now on the top ranks of MacOSX word processors as well since Apple opened the compatibility doors to MS, since they realized they bite at making applications made for something other than hobbies.

And we have alternatives, they're just not as good as Word, IMO at least.

So just... shh. You obviously don't check up on what you say. And my condolences for your inability to do such a remedial task as keeping a virus database up to date. We like to face problems head on instead of hiding in the bomb-shelter.

[J. Warren]

RETIRED: Firefox JS vulns

FYI...

[b]RETIRED: Mozilla Firefox Multiple Unspecified Javascript Vulnerabilities[/b]
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20294/discuss
"Update (October 3, 2006): This BID is being retired as reports indicate that these issues are a hoax. The researchers responsible for disclosing these vulnerabilities have claimed that their original reports were not correct. It is possible that a remote denial of service vulnerability affects the browser; however this has not been confirmed. A new BID will be created if subsequent reports confirm the possibility of the potential denial of service issue. Please see references for more information."

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[Rawnchie14]

College?

First off, spelling and capitalization is something we all learn in elementary school. I'm surprised it has slipped from you.

Also, what major in college would you be? Because I can't see any significant real world use for Macs. What are you like, a music major? English major? Drama/Theater? Graphics?

Any other major will have no use of MacOSX, you will see them all sporting UNIX, Linux, and Windows operating systems. Don't fool us with your college degree, we know what kind of drivel you majored in, especially when you can't fully express your intelligence w/o typos.

[wbenton]

Totally incorrect accessment

>>>"Internet Explorer, everybody knows, is not very secure. But Firefox is also fairly insecure," said Spiegelmock<<<

Internet Exporer is NOT SECURE AT ALL!!!

But Firefox is fairly secure.

The biggest differece is that Firefox patches fairly quickly making it fairly secure, but Microsoft's IE is being exploited for holes detected and made known to Microsoft as early as several months ago.

You CANNOT compare the two.

This lame attempt to make it sound like they're close is totally incorrect at best!!! A FARCE at worst!!!

Walt

[ramprage]

Firefox owns IE

Whatever, its a hoax. Pro-IE users are just trying to scare Firefox users after the recent REAL zero day VML exploit which MS took 5 days to patch - read more at www.ienomore.com

[feranick]

This is a hoax!

It turned out that this is just a hoax.

http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,2023762,00.asp

It remains to be explained: why?

[fcgreg]

Answered here...

FYI: This has been answered. The related CNET article is here:
http://news.com.com/Hacker+backpedals+on+Firefox+zero-day/2100-7349_3-6122317.html?tag=nefd.top

Mozilla has posted the information on their site as well.

I'm not laughing...