[tor-bugs] #25973 [Applications/Tor Browser]: Backport off-by-one fix in 1352073
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#25973: Backport off-by-one fix in 1352073
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Reporter: gk | Owner: tbb-
| team
Type: enhancement | Status: closed
Priority: Medium | Milestone:
Component: Applications/Tor Browser | Version:
Severity: Normal | Resolution: fixed
Keywords: GeorgKoppen201804, | Actual Points:
TorBrowserTeam201804R |
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Comment (by cypherpunks):
Replying to [comment:7 gk]:
> Replying to [comment:6 cypherpunks]:
> > Don't you feel something is wrong with backporting only now what was
fixed in Firefox 54?
>
> Not necessarily as a backport depends on a number of factors. In this
particular case, though, yes, we could have tried harder to get the
necessary info earlier to ship this defense-in-depth earlier to Tor
Browser users.
It is a good practice to analyze every release of upstream for possible
backports as linux distros do. That would be the case for android version
anyway.
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Ticket URL: <https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/25973#comment:8>
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