Not sure, but it may have to do with Password Manager storing people's
account passwords. See bug 62961:
http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=63961
If this is the case, then it's already fixed since Moz0.8.1 and in
NS6.1. Setting the autocomplete="off" attribute on a field suppresses
storage of the entered value.
--J
DeMoN LaG wrote:
> If you try to log in with Mozilla/Netscape 6, you get this:
>
> Browser Alert
>
>
> Netscape 6.0 Users: We are currently experiencing problems with the
> latest release of Netscape 6.0. We are working with Netscape to fix
> these problems so you can take full advantage of our site with that
> browser. You can be sure that we will support Netscape 6.0 as soon as
> all the fixes become available.
>
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> I emailed them about it asking exactly what security concerns they had
> (since Moz supports SSL2 and 3, and 128 bit encryption), and they gave
> told me:
>
> Protecting your credit and personal information is a top priority for
> Capital One. Due to security concerns with the Netscape 6.0 browser,
> Capital One does not currently support this browser. Until these
> security concerns are resolved with Netscape, an alternative browser
> would need to be used to access www.capitalone.com.
>
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
> All they did was dodge my question. I wanted to know specifically what
> they think is a security concern. I figure I can get the source for the
> browser, I know a fair amount of C/C++, I may be able to fix whatever it
> is they don't like right now. But they have just avoided the issue. So
> I'll ask here. Is there anything in Mozilla that is insecure as they
> have suggested, some bug in SSL or something, anything, or are they just
> BSing me and they have got absolutely nothing to back it with?
>
