[X4U] Re: Serious OS X Security Vulnerability

Fri Apr 8 12:01:05 PDT 2005

...... Original Message .......
On Thu, 07 Apr 2005 15:00:11 -0400 "DZ-Jay" <dz at caribe.net> wrote:
>A few months ago, someone announced a security bug in 
>every IDN-enabled web browser (Opera, Mozilla, FireFox, among others), 
>and claimed that of all developers contacted, Opera Software brushed it 
>off as "its not our problem", while the Mozilla Foundation was quickly 
>working on a fix.

That's a partial truth, at best.  Opera is correct that the problem exists at a lower level 
than the browser.  They also released a patched version around the same day that Mozilla had a 
public fix (and not just a CVS checkin) available.