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The latest hiccup underscores the problem AOL faces when dealing with browser flaws inherited from Firefox. Last month, a similar issue surfaced when a Netscape upgrade was recommended for security reasons without fixes for a critical bug.
"If security is important to you, this demonstration should show that browsers that are redistributions of the official Mozilla releases are never going to give you security updates as quickly as Mozilla will itself for its supported products," Goodger said.
The latest hiccup underscores the problem AOL faces when dealing with browser flaws inherited from Firefox. Last month, a similar issue surfaced when a Netscape upgrade was recommended for security reasons without fixes for a critical bug.
"If security is important to you, this demonstration should show that browsers that are redistributions of the official Mozilla releases are never going to give you security updates as quickly as Mozilla will itself for its supported products," Goodger said.
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