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Re: As with any other security application update warning ... 07 September 2009 17:43
This is a great idea but they need to check it every time the browser
is started. It seems Mozilla updates come every few months? If so,
the user will be vulnerable for months on end. That's not going to
help as it is. Mozilla would do good to work with plugin vendors on
an update mechanism similar to Firefox add on's update system.
Firefox has its add-on mechanism, Adobe has it's own AIR update
mechanism, Eclipse has it's own as well and many others. Adopting a
standard for updates will help all plugin's and in turn all users.
Blue1978 wrote on 07 September 2009 06:33
> As with any other security warning, the common everyday user
> will simply close the warning page and go about their business.
> Windows provides plenty of "notices" about things being update and
> every day users do not pay attention. The success of this will
> depend on the user, it is not making anything more secure in the end.
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