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Netscape Releases Security Update

Posted by Zonk on from the at-least-they're-prompt dept.

daria42 writes "Less than 24 hours after releasing Netscape 8, Netscape has released a security patch bringing the browser up to version 8.0.1. The patch address security vulnerabilities in version 1.0.3 of the Firefox code on which Netscape is based. The update comes amid online criticism from Firefox developers that the browser was insecure."

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  1. No thanks by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny


    i prefer to get my browser from the organ grinder, not the monkey

  2. Netscape ? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    huh ? Netscape ?

    What's Netscape ?

  3. Show offs! by khendron · · Score: 4, Funny

    Netscape just wanted to show off how they can produce patches faster than Microsoft and Firefox.

    The promo goes like this: "Miscrosoft leaves holes unpatches for weeks, maybe months. Firefox sometimes takes a few days. But *we* can produce a patch in less than 24 hours! Na na!"

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  4. In other news... by kniLnamiJ-neB · · Score: 4, Funny

    Netscape released a statement saying that people who downloaded the browser labeled 8.0 actually got a mis-labeled copy of 7.9.9.9.9. The new version 8.1 will actually be 8.0 and the following patches labeled 8.1.1, 8.1.2, and 8.1.2.1, which will be released daily starting tomorrow, will be relabeled as 8.0.1, 8.1.0, and 8.1.2, respectively. ***NO CARRIER***

    We apologize for the above post. Those who were responsible for sacking those who were just sacked, have been sacked.

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  5. Re:Before the first day was out, no less! by Buran · · Score: 2, Funny

    I got a page like that one when trying to use a brand-new nightly, released THE NIGHT BEFORE, when trying to visit the Firefox extension list page. I had to hack my user-agent string to explicity claim to be 1.0.4 even though I was using a NIGHTLY OF THAT BROWSER, and it wouldn't let me in.

    Yeesh. Some coder needed a good tongue-lashing that day.

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  6. Re:Browser boys are back by It+doesn't+come+easy · · Score: 2, Funny

    Firefox also has the best of both worlds...hehe

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