Comments on: Messy URL protocol-handling drama finally winding down http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/security-bytes/messy-url-protocol-handling-drama-finally-winding-down/ A SearchSecurity.com blog Sun, 29 Nov 2009 10:17:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Asa Dotzler http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/security-bytes/messy-url-protocol-handling-drama-finally-winding-down/#comment-372 Asa Dotzler Wed, 25 Jul 2007 18:15:21 +0000 http://security.blogs.techtarget.com/2007/07/25/messy-url-protocol-handling-drama-finally-winding-down/#comment-372 Well, we did immediately fix the understood problem in Firefox -- last week. Then we called on MS to fix it on their end. Then we discovered we shared the entry-point flaw that we had called on MS to fix so now we're fixing that. Mozilla believes that keeping surfers safe is a top priority and that's what we've been doing. MS has done nothing except claim it's not their problem. - A Well, we did immediately fix the understood problem in Firefox — last week. Then we called on MS to fix it on their end. Then we discovered we shared the entry-point flaw that we had called on MS to fix so now we’re fixing that. Mozilla believes that keeping surfers safe is a top priority and that’s what we’ve been doing. MS has done nothing except claim it’s not their problem.

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]]> By: Ryan Naraine http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/security-bytes/messy-url-protocol-handling-drama-finally-winding-down/#comment-371 Ryan Naraine Wed, 25 Jul 2007 17:05:39 +0000 http://security.blogs.techtarget.com/2007/07/25/messy-url-protocol-handling-drama-finally-winding-down/#comment-371 >>>In the end, users don’t really care whether one browser is passing bad data or the other is failing to validate that input; all they want is a safe browsing experience. Amen, brother, amen! _ryan >>>In the end, users don’t really care whether one browser is passing bad data or the other is failing to validate that input; all they want is a safe browsing experience.

Amen, brother, amen!

_ryan

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