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How Firefox differs from Chrome, IE in sandboxing

Started by Jason, August 03, 2016, 11:06:06 AM

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August 03, 2016, 11:06:06 AM Last Edit: August 04, 2016, 10:21:45 AM by elpresidente
This article is about Firefox 48 but tips off some of the differences between it and other sandboxed browsers and why it's taken longer for Firefox to implement sandboxing as fully as Chrome. Still not there yet, but it's coming.

http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2016/08/firefox-48-ships-bringing-rust-mainstream-and-multiprocess-for-some/
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