 Name Game
Premium Member
join:2002-07-07
Grand Rapids, MI
kudos:7
1 edit |
Firefox 5 fixes security and improves browsingPosted on 21 June 2011.Mozilla released Firefox 5.0 that fixes several security issues, stability issues and introduces new features. Privacy-aware users will be happy to learn that the Do-Not-Track header preference has been moved to increase discoverability. The latest version of Firefox has the following changes: Added support for CSS animations Tuned HTTP idle connection logic for increased performance Improved canvas, JavaScript, memory, and networking performance Improved standards support for HTML5, XHR, MathML, SMIL, and canvas Improved spell checking for some locales Improved desktop environment integration for Linux users WebGL content can no longer load cross-domain textures Background tabs have setTimeout and setInterval clamped to 1000ms to improve performance. » www.net-security.org/sec ··· id=11201Download your flavor here.. » www.mozilla.com/en-US/fi ··· all.html--
Gladiator Security Forum
»www.gladiator-antivirus.com/
|
|
| |
thanks name game  i appreciate your posts.. » www.mozilla.org/security ··· fox.htmlFixed in Firefox 5 MFSA 2011-28 Non-whitelisted site can trigger xpinstall MFSA 2011-27 XSS encoding hazard with inline SVG MFSA 2011-26 Multiple WebGL crashes MFSA 2011-25 Stealing of cross-domain images using WebGL textures MFSA 2011-22 Integer overflow and arbitrary code execution in Array.reduceRight() MFSA 2011-21 Memory corruption due to multipart/x-mixed-replace images MFSA 2011-20 Use-after-free vulnerability when viewing XUL document with script disabled MFSA 2011-19 Miscellaneous memory safety hazards (rv:3.0/1.9.2.18) Fixed in Firefox 4.0.1 MFSA 2011-18 XSLT generate-id() function heap address leak MFSA 2011-17 WebGLES vulnerabilities MFSA 2011-12 Miscellaneous memory safety hazards (rv:2.0.1/ 1.9.2.17/ 1.9.1.19) |
|
 antdudeA Ninja Ant
VIP
join:2001-03-25
United State
kudos:5 |
to Name Game
Does this version break extensions, addons, and plugins?  |
|
| |
to Name Game
as might be expected, there is also an update for FF build 3.6.x: » www.mozilla.org/security ··· x36.htmlFixed in Firefox 3.6.18 MFSA 2011-24 Cookie isolation error MFSA 2011-23 Multiple dangling pointer vulnerabilities MFSA 2011-22 Integer overflow and arbitrary code execution in Array.reduceRight() MFSA 2011-21 Memory corruption due to multipart/x-mixed-replace images MFSA 2011-20 Use-after-free vulnerability when viewing XUL document with script disabled MFSA 2011-19 Miscellaneous memory safety hazards (rv:3.0/1.9.2.18) |
|
| |
to antdude
Temporary broke only ColorfulTabs here but after a repack & bump it works like a charm again! |
|
|
 CudniLa Merma - Vigilado
MVM
join:2003-12-20
Someshire
kudos:13 |
to antdude
said by antdude:Does this version break extensions, addons, and plugins?
only some Cudni |
|
KoRnGtL15
Premium Member
join:2007-01-04
Grants Pass, OR
kudos:1 |
to Marsman
Did not break ColorfulTabs for me.... |
|
 jadinolfI love you Fred
Premium Member
join:2005-07-09
Ojai, CA
kudos:8 |
to Name Game
Updated all 5 computers today.
I'm too much of a noob to see the difference but any improvements are welcome.
Thanks
--
Printed on 100% recycled bytes |
|
| |
to KoRnGtL15
I'm running a repacked & bumped CT V4.8.1.6.2 & out of curiosity may I ask what version do you have installed. |
|
KoRnGtL15
Premium Member
join:2007-01-04
Grants Pass, OR
kudos:1 |
4.8.1.6.2.2 |
|
| |
Thx & much appreciated! |
|
KoRnGtL15
Premium Member
join:2007-01-04
Grants Pass, OR
kudos:1 |
No problem. |
|
antdudeA Ninja Ant
VIP
join:2001-03-25
United State
kudos:5  ·Time Warner Cable
|
to Name Game
For those who use Norton 2011 and Norton 360 v5 products ...A LiveUpdate to support Firefox v5. See for more details on Norton product: » community.norton.com/t5/ ··· p/478160» community.norton.com/t5/ ··· p/478162--
Ant @ »antfarm.ma.cx and »aqfl.net. Please do not IM/e-mail me for technical support. Use the forum! Disclaimer: The views expressed in this posting are mine, and do not necessarily reflect the views of my employer |
|
| |
to Name Game
Re: Firefox 5 fixes security and improves browsingWhen there will be a 64-bit version of FF for Windows 64bit?
Thanks |
|
 rcdaileyDragoonfly
Premium Member
join:2005-03-29
Rialto, CA |
to Name Game
When I saw the title in the message list, I checked for updates and got it.
--
Don't let the pluperfect be the enemy of the perfect. |
|
| rcdailey |
to antdude
None of mine were broken, and I have had them broken with previous updates. I think the authors were ready for 5.0.
--
Don't let the pluperfect be the enemy of the perfect. |
|
 Dude111An Awesome Dude
Premium Member
join:2003-08-04
kudos:14 |
to Name Game
I dont see how adding a DO NOT TRACK to the header will make sites comply,thats stupid to think that would do any good @ all (IT MIGHT MAKE YOU MORE NOTICABLE)
In any event does anyone know what this header is?? ILL TRY ADDING IT TO MY BROWSER AND SEE WHAT HAPPENS....
Ultimatly deleting cookies is the thing to always do! |
|
lawrence171Evilly Yours - Evilness
join:2001-12-24
Canada |
to Name Game
Re: Firefox 5 fixes security and improves browsingHow can I disable WebGL? I have considerable amount of reserves about this technology.
--
What I used to be I no longer am... God, why can't you freeze time for my sake? |
|
 Noah VailOh God please no.
Premium Member
join:2004-12-10
SouthAmerica
kudos:3 |
to Name Game
I'm going to upgrade my 3.6.17. I'm going to seriously miss my Netcraft bar if it isn't there. And my UserAgent Switcher And my Forcast bar enhanced And especially my Remember Certification Exception. Time to start editing some xpi files; I'll bet. I'm holding you personally responsible Name Game , if I'm less than completely satisfied. NV --
Any Goal that is Driven by Animosity, is Empowered through Deceit. |
|
| Noah Vail |
to Name Game
I have returned - and with less than a full measure of satisfaction.
OK. It turned out better than I feared. Netcraft stuck around.
So did UserAgent Switcher - that's good.
Bit I lost TinEye, HTTPFox and my beloved Remember Certificate Exception.
Maybe Certs will be handled intelligently and I won't need RCE.
(I doubt it. IE9 still SUCKS at handling self signed certs)
HTTPFox will be sorely missed. So will TinEye. I'll hack their xpi's and see if they might still function.
My first action was to download Status-4-evar. I MUST have a status bar.
Other than all that...
It looks just like FF4. And it came out - what? like 45 minutes - after FF4 was released?
If this is the magical release that keeps my RAM Usage from ballooning up to a petabyte; then I'll be happy.
for 10 minutes.
if I get Ice Cream along with it.
NV
--
Any Goal that is Driven by Animosity, is Empowered through Deceit. |
|
 MarkAWBarry White
Premium Member
join:2001-08-27
Canada
kudos:16 |
to antdude
said by antdude:Does this version break extensions, addons, and plugins?
Yes it did for me and others. » Re: [FireFox] Firefox 5.0 Final |
|
Noah VailOh God please no.
Premium Member
join:2004-12-10
SouthAmerica
kudos:3 |
said by MarkAW:said by antdude:Does this version break extensions, addons, and plugins?
Yes it did for me and others. My Disabled list. 
Too tired to hack the xpi-s tonight. I'll try tomorrow.
NV
--
Any Goal that is Driven by Animosity, is Empowered through Deceit.
|
|
 Mannus
Premium Member
join:2005-10-25
Fort Wayne, IN |
to Name Game
I am gonna wait to update to 5.0. Google toolbar and AVG Safe search are not compatible yet. |
|
 chachazz
Premium Member
join:2003-12-14
kudos:10 ·TELUS
|
to Noah Vail
Install Compatability Reporter - everyone  » addons.mozilla.org/en-US ··· ?src=api--
Gladiator Security Forum: www.gladiator-antivirus.com/
|
|
| |
to lawrence171
said by lawrence171:How can I disable WebGL? I have considerable amount of reserves about this technology.
» New graphics engines imperil users of Firefox and ChromeIn Firefox 4, type about:config (minus the quotes) into the address bar and set webgl.disabled to true. In Chrome, get to the command line of your operating system and add the --disable-webgl flag to the Chrome command. On a Windows machine, the command line would be "chrome.exe --disable-webgl". ® --
GuruGuy |
|
Mele20
Premium Member
join:2001-06-05
Hilo, HI
kudos:8 |
to Name Game
Ugh. And Mel has still not fixed MR Tech to be fully compatible with Fx4 much less Fx5 where evidently the extension is badly needed.
Oh well, I used Fx 1.5 for MANY YEARS. I have no interest in playing Mozilla's latest kindergarten game. I like Fx 4. I will use it until I no longer like it. Screw Mozilla and their new, extremely silly updating schedule.
Why Mozilla would be threatened by Google and decide to imitate Chrome's silly and extremely empty rapid updates is beyond me. Iron/Chrome has made NO signifiicant changes since I first got Iron at 5.x and now it is at 12.x and wasn 't worth the bother as almost nothing has changed that is important. And Mozilla wants to imitate Google's schedule? Mozilla should ignore other browsers and stick to what is good for Fx which is not updating every time you turn around. Updates should be once a year at the most for any DECENT browser.
--
When governments fear people, there is liberty. When the people fear the government, there is tyranny. Thomas Jefferson |
|
| |
red2
Anon
2011-Jun-22 8:56 am
As I don't keep up with this the way some of you do, can someone simply lay out what are the security advantages or major benefits of moving from the 3.6.17 platform to FF 4 or 5? Is there a chart somewhere which lays out what benefits you get/lose?
If they keeping releasing updates for the 3.6 platform does this mean that versions 4 and 5 simply introduce some new features and a new interface that some may or may not like, but that the latest version of each has comparative security? |
|
 Xioden
Premium Member
join:2008-06-10
Monticello, NY
kudos:1 |
Xioden
Premium Member
2011-Jun-22 9:34 am
Right now, the security updates are still being rolled out to 3.6. So you don't really need to update to 4 or 5 for that reason (for now at least). If all of your extensions are FF4/5 compatable, there really isn't any harm in upgrading. As far as the new appearence, FF 4 at least can be made to look like 3.6 quite easily with just a theme and a status bar addon covering most of it ( this site covers it pretty well). |
|
Noah VailOh God please no.
Premium Member
join:2004-12-10
SouthAmerica
kudos:3 |
to red2
said by red2 :As I don't keep up with this the way some of you do, can someone simply lay out what are the security advantages or major benefits of moving from the 3.6.17 platform to FF 4 or 5? My hope was to get a handle on FF's historically out of control memory usage. However, here I sit with 3 tabs open and FF using 246,244K of memory. Nv --
Any Goal that is Driven by Animosity, is Empowered through Deceit. |
|
| |
red2
Anon
2011-Jun-22 10:01 am
said by Noah Vail:However, here I sit with 3 tabs open and FF using 246,244K of memory.
Nv
I hear you. I haven't noticed ANY improvement in the memory issue over the past few builds in the 3.6 platform. What is surprising to me is when applications seem to be rolled out for "defensive" reasons, similar to when product lines get extended just to have a product cover every possible pricepoint to combat competition. When there are 3 versions of the same browser, I wonder if it is simply done to capture more market share rather than introduce real improvements, and so if someone saw some real improvements I wondered what they are. |
|
i appreciate your posts..
·
·
