Generally speaking, I think if webkit is used then all webkit-related security vulnerabilities from the past found in other browsers should be revisited to make sure they don't apply or are mitigated here.
http://secunia.com/advisories/search/?search=webkit http://secunia.com/advisories/search/?search=safari and any Security Updates listed here that may or may not apply to webkit: http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/ - Timeless Prototype http://www.timelessprototype.com/tpdc/blog/post/2008/06/A-Glimpse-Into-the-Future---SL-Browser-Wars.aspx Rob Lanphier wrote: > Hi folks, > > I've been pretty cagey about our efforts with respect to integration of > Webkit into the Second Life viewer, in large part because we haven't had > much beyond the prototype/vaporware stage. The topic came up again at > the public office hour. See here for the transcript: > http://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/Open_Source_Meeting/2008-11-07 > > Not that we're really far beyond the prototype stage still, but we have > a little work to show you. > > We're working with Torch Mobile, a company with a pretty deep bench when > it comes to Webkit development (they have several committers on staff). > They've published a Git repository with their latest work, which you can > browse here: > http://code.staikos.net/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?p=llmozlib;a=summary > > Note that this is just source code for Webkit integrated into uBrowser > (which is API compatible with the Second Life viewer, and thus provides > a step toward integration). More details about uBrowser are here: > http://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/UBrowser > > They've done some work on QtWebkit, and are in the process of > prototyping Skia/Webkit. We haven't settled on an exact direction yet, > but we'd like to see what people who download the code and try to get it > working think. > > Rob > > _______________________________________________ > Policies and (un)subscribe information available here: > http://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/SLDev > Please read the policies before posting to keep unmoderated posting privileges > _______________________________________________ Policies and (un)subscribe information available here: http://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/SLDev Please read the policies before posting to keep unmoderated posting privileges
