Mozilla Corp. is considering
adding a tool to Firefox 3.0 that would automatically block Web sites
thought to harbor malicious downloads, but the company's security chief refused
to spell out details, saying Mozilla is "not ready to talk about the feature."
Even so, there are numerous details to be found on
a blog by a Firefox designer and in a back-and-forth discussion of the
feature in
Bugzilla, the management system that Mozilla uses to track changes in its
software. Together, the two offer a behind-the-scenes look into Mozilla's
open-source development process.