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611 Defects, 71 Vulnerabilities Found In Firefox

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the rolling-in-bugs dept.

Danny Begonia writes, "Some folks at Klocwork examined the large and complicated code base of the popular open source browser, Firefox. Overall, Firefox is a well written and high quality piece of software. Several builds were performed on the code, culminating in the final analysis of version 1.5.0.6. The analysis resulted in 611 defects and 71 potential security vulnerabilities. The Firefox team has been given the analysis results, and they will determine if or how they will deal with the issues." What are your thoughts — do Firefox and the open source community welcome this kind of analysis?

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  1. Watch for IE Fanboys by just_forget_it · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    I wish they would have done a comparison with IE. Of course IE being closed-source they can't, but now all the IE fanboys are going to come out of the woodwork.