On 2/03/2015 11:18 AM, NoOp wrote:
On 02/27/2015 09:39 PM, Philip Chee wrote:
On 28/02/2015 02:18, Robert Kaiser wrote:
Paul Bergsagel schrieb:
Surprisingly SeaMonkey has been rated as more secure than Firefox
Please scroll down to the second table:
http://www.zdnet.com/article/mac-os-x-is-the-most-vulnerable-os-claims-security-firm/?tag=nl.e539&s_cid=e539&ttag=e539&ftag=TRE17cfd61
Thank you SeaMonkey developers!!!
This just confirms that a count of fixed vulnerabilities is a very
bad measure for security. It just means that Firefox developers are
more vigilant in finding and fixing security issues, while the small
SeaMonkey team has no time to even look for any and just inherits
platform fixes.
For your information, I've been keeping a eye out that I've been
monitoring front end security patches landing in Firefox
(mozilla-central/browser) for more than a year and a half. I've been
porting these changes as they come in. Front end Firefox vulnerabilities
are pretty rare compared to backend problems. It is possible that I've
missed one or two, but I believe I've either fixed all known (front-end)
security issues or confirmed that they don't affect SeaMonkey.
Phil
Thank you Phil & all that contribute to SeaMonkey.
@Kairo: Robert it seems that you've been dropping turds in here ever
since you went over to Firefox. I've still a tremendous amount of
respect for you, and always thank you for the many years you've
contributed to SeaMonkey... but how about posting something
positive/helpful/useful for a change? Or did I misunderstand and you
were doing this all along?
NoOp, I beg to differ. I read this as Robert simply explaining why
Firefox was "marked down" by finding and and fixing core
vulnerabilities. SeaMonkey inherits this benefit at little cost - and at
no cost in this "study".
Phil has done a great job at maintaining SeaMonkey's integrity, but as
he states, the back-end vulnerabilities (only counted against Firefox)
far outweigh the front end.
Be careful of stats - they usually don't measure what people think they do.
djc
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