Re: [Full-disclosure] Firefox 2.0.0.7 has a very serious calculation bug

[Andrew Farmer <andfarm@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 28 Sep 07, at 19:25, wac wrote:
> On 9/28/07, Jimby Sharp <jimbysharp@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> How is this serious and is it related to security in any manner? If
>> not, please do not spam. :-(
>
>  Many bugs are security related (I would say all). How it is security
> related? Think. What happens if your bank calculates something  
> wrong and
> puts the lower in your account and the higher in another account?  
> Yes It
> might be little but what about a little many
> times? That could be done with javascript too. Then... you are not  
> safe
> anymore.

If your bank is doing financial calculations using Javascript in a
standard web browser, you have bigger things to worry about than
roundoff errors.

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