Password

[NoOp]

On 10/14/2010 06:41 PM, Jordon Bedwell wrote:
> On Thu, 2010-10-14 at 18:17 -0700, NoOp wrote:
>> Really? You've not figure out how to use a master password on FireFox?
>> 
>> Perhaps these will help:
>> http://kb.mozillazine.org/Master_password
>> http://www.mozilla.org/projects/security/pki/nss/db_formats.html
>> http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Configuring+Firefox+for+FIPS+140-2
>> 
>> Mozilla have put considerable effort in securing passwords.
> 
> 
> Good job quoting out of context.  Any ways:

It wasn't quoted out of context at all. I quoted exactly what you
stated. You stated:

> You use
> Firefox and store passwords in there? Whoop, stole your passwords.

What is quoted out of context? Perhaps your reading comprehension is
failing?

> 
> First off, I know about the password managers master password, second,
> there have been several vulnerabilities to Firefox's master password
> over the years. And even though I love Firefox with all my heart, along
> with Chrome, I will break that love for a second to prove the point that
> you apparently missed the memo about the data leak on Firefox's password
> manager, even with password protection.  It was just patched on July
> 20th of this year, and it's not the first time it's happened.  While
> Mozilla did not directly acknowledge in the security notes, they did
> acknowledge it's existence.
> 
> http://www.mozilla.org/security/known-vulnerabilities/firefox36.html

And *specifically* which of those are you referring to?

Your statement was generic FUD.