A Security Bug In Mozilla - The Human Perspective

xslf writes "Alex Vincent, the reporter of the data-loss security bug 259708, writes about the behind the scene process of reporting it, casting light on the problems of dealing with security related bugs reported by the community, which isn't always aware of the security implications of the bugs reported. The issues with the FLOSS process shown in this bug might get worse, once more and more people use FLOSS and add to the process, without being full fledged coders, and rely on binary releases of software." (Note, you'll have to copy and paste that link to view the bug report, or click through from the linked story.)

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Opera

[genner]

Gives opera users another reason to laugh.

Re:3.5-year-old information disclosure and DoS

[The Bungi]

Well it's nice to see the MS shills get all righteous.

Awwww, am I getting your panties all in a bunch here? Too much reality maybe? I understand. It must be hard.

I am glad you are having so much fun slaying your straw men.

Go ahead and prove me wrong. Certainly that will give you some more credibility. Calling me a "shill" just doesn't do it, here.

knows exactly how much of a pain in the ass it is.

As much a "pain in the ass" as letting clueless users run as admins.

Re:3.5-year-old information disclosure and DoS

[killjoe]

"Awwww, am I getting your panties all in a bunch here? Too much reality maybe? I understand. It must be hard."

I don't know about "too much reality" reality is ugly enough. The fact that a shill like you exists is pretty hard. I find it disgusting that some preverted soul someplace feels some sort of an identity with a corporation.

When I was in high school there were people who identified themselves with chevy or ford and walked around praising their favorite corporation while denigrating another corporation as if it really mattered that much whether one corporation got their money or another. I always thought it was probably because it made kids feel somehow more powerful if they identified with a powerful corporation.

Are you still in high school? Do you feel powerful when you defend a corporation like MS? Did you choose MS to shill for because they were more powerful then ford or nike?

I am honestly curious as to why somebody feels the need to shill for any corporation and how they choose their corporation.

Or maybe you are simply a paid astro turfer. That may be the reality as well.