Peaches Posted November 19, 2009 Report Share Posted November 19, 2009 18 November 2009, 13:49Firefox 3.6 locks down component directory The Mozilla developers have announced that Firefox 3.6 will "lockdown" the components directory of the browser to stop third party applications bypassing the standard add-ons and plug-in support by pushing user invisible changes directly into Firefox. From today's planned release of Firefox 3.6's beta 3, and onwards, the components directory will be for Firefox code only and third party developers will only be able to extend the browser through the officially supported add-ons system. Full story at Heise security - http://www.h-online....ory-862774.html Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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