[lug] how secure is Netscape 6.x?

[trentjarvi at yahoo.com]

On Sat, 9 Feb 2002, qqq1one @yahoo.com wrote:

> Just wondering.  NS 4.x was open source, correct?  Not so of NS 6.x,
> right?  I know it's based on mozilla, which is OS, but AOL/Netscape has
> changed code and not released it, no?
> 
> What I getting at is, if there's an exploitable bug, are we or are we
> not as likely to hear about it along with a patch forthcoming?   Anybody?
> 

There never was an open source Netscape as far as I know.  Yes its a 
spawn from Mosaic as was IE.  They handed the code base over to 
mozilla.org which is not AOL.  I'm sure some people hacking on mozilla 
locally would be glad to agree.  Very responsible actions if you ask me.

I'm sure there are legal issues that prevent netscape from being open 
source (third party packages).  They did well just in making it possible 
to hand mozilla back to the community.

If you want source review and timely patches support mozilla.org.

-- 
Trent Jarvi
trentjarvi at yahoo.com