[Wolves] Security problem in firefox, what was it?

Kevanf1 kevanf1 at gmail.com
Wed Feb 9 15:38:58 GMT 2005


On Wed, 9 Feb 2005 14:50:27 +0000, Simon Burke <simon.burke at gmail.com> wrote:
> See below
> 
> On Wed, 9 Feb 2005 14:47:27 +0000, Kevanf1 <kevanf1 at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Could somebody refresh my memory, please?  There was a post the other
> > day detailing a security problem that hit Firefox but, rather
> > perversely, did not hit Internet Explorer as long as it hadn't been
> > updated.  But I must have deleted the post and I have been asked about
> > it.  DOH!!!!

> 
> Punycode domains could wreak havoc in security world.
> 
*snipped, big time*

Thank you Simon.  I'll pass it on to the list I warned.  Though
knowing that lot it might be a bit too late :-(

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