Mozilla Rewriting A Lot Of Code For Upcoming Firefox V3
Mozilla programmers are rewriting a lot of the Firefox code for the upcoming version release of the open-source browser, according to the head of product security at Mozilla.
Most of the components in the current version of Firefox are being touched, said Window Snyder, "chief security something-or-other" at Mozilla. She added that programmers are replacing a lot of older code to increase performance, make the code base more modular and handle new security threats, like phishing and malicious Web sites.
"As we're doing this, we're considering security features and trying to minimize security issues," said Snyder in an interview with InformationWeek. "The Web browser has always been an entry point into the system, so it's been considered a critical application. The environment changes so we need to adapt."
Snyder noted that some components that are written in native code are being rewritten in managed code to reduce memory management flaws, like buffer overflow vulnerabilities. Managed code executes in a virtual machine, so there is less space for memory management issues to occur.
Firefox programmers also are working on technology to help users fend off the growing number of malicious Web sites.
Also:
The beta release of a Windows version of Apple's Safari browser made a lot of waves this week, but in the bigger picture of a software market already well defined, Safari is really more of a muted splash.
Let’s be realistic: The only real draw that Safari currently offers is faster load times for Web pages – in a market that most of the time is already fast enough. While that's great for those who have already grown accustomed to the browser, it's a very small incentive for Windows users, many of whom have been using the same browser since the day they bought their computer (I am leaving Netscape out of the picture here.)
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