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[Paper] Web application vulnerabilities in context of browser extensions: Opera

T
Taras
Mon, Apr 4, 2011 7:49 PM

Hi everyone,

You may be interested in this small research about security of Opera's
extensions.

"Lets continue to research possible security problems in case of using
popular web technologies in browser extensions. Opera is one of the most
powerful web browsers today. It has fast rendering and JavaScript
engines and a lot of other useful features. For a long time Opera was
all-in-one thing in opposition to Mozilla Firefox with its addons. But
now when one more strong player called Google Chrome comes into the game
in browser's market, Opera decided to support extensions too..." [0]

Comments and suggestions are welcomed.

[0] http://oxdef.info/papers/ext/opera.html

--
Taras
http://oxdef.info

"Software is like sex: it's better when it's free." - Linus Torvalds

Hi everyone, You may be interested in this small research about security of Opera's extensions. "Lets continue to research possible security problems in case of using popular web technologies in browser extensions. Opera is one of the most powerful web browsers today. It has fast rendering and JavaScript engines and a lot of other useful features. For a long time Opera was all-in-one thing in opposition to Mozilla Firefox with its addons. But now when one more strong player called Google Chrome comes into the game in browser's market, Opera decided to support extensions too..." [0] Comments and suggestions are welcomed. [0] http://oxdef.info/papers/ext/opera.html -- Taras http://oxdef.info ---- "Software is like sex: it's better when it's free." - Linus Torvalds