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The Mozilla foundation has just released version 3.0 of Firefox, which contains improved security, performance, and functionality. This new version is working great so far, (as I use Firefox as a complementary browser with IE 7/8 in an XP SP3 environment).
The security, performance and functional improvements make version 3.0 a worthwhile upgrade for everyone using Firefox 2 
Firefox 3.0 - New Release provides improved security, performance, and functionality
http://isc.sans.org/diary.html?storyid=4580
http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/
Firefox 3.0 - Mozillazine KB
http://kb.mozillazine.org/Category:Firefox
Firefox 3.0 - English version Download
http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/products/download.html?product=firefox-3.0&os=win&lang=en-US
What’s New in Firefox 3
http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/3.0/releasenotes/
QUOTE: Firefox 3 is based on the Gecko 1.9 Web rendering platform, which has been under development for the past 34 months. This new platform includes more than 15,000 changes to improve performance, stability, rendering correctness, and code simplification and sustainability. Firefox 3 is built on top of this new platform resulting in a more secure, easier to use, more personal product with a lot more under the hood to offer website and Firefox add-on developers.
FIREFOX 3.0 - NEW SECURITY FEATURES
* One-click site info: Click the site favicon in the location bar to see who owns the site and to check if your connection is protected from eavesdropping. Identity verification is prominently displayed and easier to understand. When a site uses Extended Validation (EV) SSL certificates, the site favicon button will turn green and show the name of the company you're connected to. (Try it here!)
* Malware Protection: malware protection warns users when they arrive at sites which are known to install viruses, spyware, trojans or other malware. (Try it here!)
* New Web Forgery Protection page: the content of pages suspected as web forgeries is no longer shown. (Try it here!)
* New SSL error pages: clearer and stricter error pages are used when Firefox encounters an invalid
SSL certificate. (Try it here!)
* Add-ons and Plugin version check: Firefox now automatically checks add-on and plugin versions and will disable older, insecure versions.
* Secure add-on updates: to improve add-on update security, add-ons that provide updates in an insecure manner will be disabled.
* Anti-virus integration: Firefox will inform anti-virus software when downloading executables.
* Vista Parental Controls: Firefox now respects the Vista system-wide parental control setting for disabling file downloads. * Effective top-level domain (eTLD) service better restricts cookies and other restricted content to a single domain.
* Better protection against cross-site JSON data leaks.
ADDITIONAL LINKS
http://www.mozillazine.org/talkback.html?article=23936
http://www.dria.org/wordpress/archives/2008/06/12/655/
http://software.silicon.com/os/0,39024651,39246115,00.htm
http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/all-rc.html
http://mozillalinks.org/wp/2008/06/firefox-3-rc-2-review/
http://www.spreadfirefox.com/
http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/?from=getfirefox
Some of the improvements are also noted in this thread:
http://www.myitforum.com/forums/Firefox_3%250_provides_improved_security_performance_and_functionality/m_181048/tm.htm
< Message edited by hwaldron -- 6/18/2008 8:23:55 AM >
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