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Opera Screeches at Mozilla Over Security Disclosure

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the did-too-did-too dept.

The Register is reporting that Mozilla's handling of a recent security exploit that affected both browsers has drawn an unhappy response from the Opera team. "Claudio Santambrogio, an Opera desktop developer, said the Mozilla team notified it of a security issue only a day before publishing an advisory. This gave the Norwegian software developers insufficient time to make an evaluation. [...] Santambrogio goes on to attack Mozilla's handling of the issue, arguing that it places Opera users at unnecessary risk."

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  1. Opera users? by BeeBeard · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    Santambrogio goes on to attack Mozilla's handling of the issue, arguing that it places Opera users at unnecessary risk.

    In other words, it puts nobody at risk. ;)

  2. Re:All Things Considered... by webmaster404 · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Exactly, Opera isn't Open Source so it isn't like Mozilla can just go in and patch the code. I honestly don't think how Opera can manage to stay in the browsers war without an open source browser or rendering engine. Although, their deals with Nintendo probably made them some cash.

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  3. But however. by trouser · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    At the risk of offending Opera users and gay people I'd have to say that Opera is gay. Also, Mozilla has the giant lizard monster. What does Opera have? A big letter 'O'. And maybe some dried fish. And Norway? You can't get there from here.

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  4. What babies... by NateTech · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    The wrote the crap code (or borrowed it from somewhere else) in the first place.

    Whhhaaaaah... I released GARBAGE with security holes in it and someone else didn't tell me before they released their fix!

    Is about what all this amounts to.

    STOP WRITING CRAPPY INSECURE CODE, REFUSING TO TEST IT, AND NOT BUILDING TO ANY TYPE OF SAFETY STANDARDS - GROW UP AND BE REAL ENGINEERS... and the problem solves itself.

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  5. Re:All Things Considered... by AmiMoJo · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    That obligation is trumped by Mozilla's moral obligation to make sure that people who use Mozilla are not vulnerable to an exploit.


    That's what it boils down to. Mozilla had a simple choice: fix the vulnerability and publish (since FF is open source), or leave it unpatched until Opera fix it too (i.e. indefinitely). If Opera can't keep up, too bad, because they can't expect FF to remain vulnerable while they get their act together.
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