On 5/12/11 4:55 PM, Robert Kaiser wrote: > WLS schrieb: >> Robert Kaiser wrote: >>> WLS schrieb: >>>> Is WebGL going to be disabled by default or is that something we will >>>> need to do in about:config? >>> >>> Why should it? >> >> Because of the security threat. >> >> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/05/11/chrome_firefox_security_threat/ > > None of that is a real security threat that requires immediate action, > from all I know and heard (and I'm in Mozilla's security group). This > looks very much like some "investigator" trying to gather massive media > attention in his favor without a really good backing. Both "threats" are > low-impact concerns that we will look into but require no immediate > action. There will be a Mozilla blog post on this topic very soon. > > Media is making every fly into an elephant if they think they can "sell > a scandal". > > Robert Kaiser >
US-CERT, an agency within the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, gives credence to this threat. See <http://www.us-cert.gov/current/index.html#web_users_warned_to_turn>. -- David E. Ross <http://www.rossde.com/> On occasion, I might filter and ignore all newsgroup messages posted through GoogleGroups via Google's G2/1.0 user agent because of spam from that source. _______________________________________________ support-seamonkey mailing list [email protected] https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
