Mozilla Increases Bounty for Security Bug Info to $3,000
Mozilla, the organization behind the Firefox Web browser, has upped the amount it will pay security researchers for information on security bugs in its products from US$500 to $3,000.
The change is part of what Mozilla calls a refresh of its Security Bug Bounty Program, which launched in 2004.
“A lot has changed in the six years since the Mozilla program was announced, and we believe that one of the best ways to keep our users safe is to make it economically sustainable for security researchers to do the right thing when disclosing information,” wrote Lucas Adamski, director of security engineering, in a blog post.
Mozilla has also expanded the scope of the reward program, which will continue to apply to Firefox and the Thunderbird e-mail client, and also to the Firefox mobile browser and other services the products rely on. Release and beta products are also eligible.
“These are products we have traditionally paid bounties for in a discretionary basis anyway, but we wanted to make that explicit,” Adamski wrote.
Mozilla can deny a reward to a researcher, however, if the organization deems the person has not acted in the best interests of users, Adamski wrote.
Other parts of the program will be retained, however. A reward will still be paid even if a researcher has published information on the vulnerability or if the researcher doesn’t have time to work closely with Mozilla’s security team.
Helpful Tips To Weight Loss
These days, talking about weight loss has become the most preferable topic to discuss around. Losing weight can improve your health and keep you away from sickness. Eating more than one needs, causes overweight. This happens because the excess energy supplied to the body gets converted into fat. If you follow a healthy diet and routine exercise, you can lose weight. Losing weight should be a gradual process.
Heading towards weight loss We get energy from the food that we eat and we require the energy to carry out the energy to carry out the daily activities and for proper functioning of the body. We must take the time to enjoy a leisurely meal without constantly trying to do something else. If you end up rushing meals and try to get too many other things done while eating, you may then prevent the food from digesting properly. You can control your weight by inculcating good eating habits along with regular exercise. You can lose weight without dangerous diets and weight loss pills by following a healthy diet and performing a routine of daily exercise. Here are the tips to be followed towards achieving weight loss goal.
- Be conscious of your calories you eat per day. It also depends upon the lifestyle of the person.
- You must spread your three big meals into many but small meals a day which will help you to control your hunger.
- You can make the necessary changes in your eating and exercise habits depending on your body weight.
- You must stop eating when your stomach is full. Some people try to force themselves to finish what remains in the plate for whatever reason.
- Walking, dancing and swimming are just a few of the activities assists you to lose weight and maintain weight loss.
People who use weight loss supplements are often in a hurry to receive quick benefits and they do little to change their life style. This results into dramatic weight loss, initially but later they might find that they have gained the weight back over time. Hence if a person uses weight loss pills, he or she should also commit to a life style of healthy eating habits followed by regular exercise. It is always advisable to consult your doctor before using a weight loss supplement. You must maintain a healthy lifestyle while taking a weight loss supplement.
There are prescription weight loss drugs and non-prescription weight loss supplements. For cosmetic weight loss, prescription weight loss drugs are supplied. Also Herbal weight loss pill is an example of non-prescription weight loss supplement. Don’t rely on people who advise you to have a weight loss pill, no matter what you eat. Weight loss pills can help you to a certain extent but they should not be the focus of your goal. These days we come across a lot of products relating to fat burners, fat absorbers, metabolism boosters and appetite suppressors. At times, even herbal supplements which are natural may not be suitable for you. The only way to maintain healthy weight is to aim for a healthy lifestyle. Physical activity and healthy eating are the two biggest pointers towards.
Windows XP – How Long Will It Last?
Windows XP, which debuted nine years ago in 2001, will continue to be with us for most of the coming decade.
Microsoft (MSFT, Fortune 500) announced late Monday that it would allow some Windows 7 customers to buy Windows XP “downgrade” licenses until two years after the next version of Windows ships (see correction below.) Those licenses allow customers to swap out the newer operating system and instead install a legal copy of the older one.
Microsoft initially planned to let Windows 7 customers downgrade to Windows XP only through April 2010, but that end-date was quickly extended until October 2011. Now, the company says it will extend the downgrade option through the entire Windows 7 sales cycle and then two years after that. Windows sales cycles typically last anywhere between two and five years; Windows 7 went on sale in October 2009.
The move is intended to appease business customers, many of whom skipped an upgrade cycle by ignoring the widely panned Windows Vista.
Though the software giant said its customers are moving quickly to adopt the newest Windows version, it acknowledged that some still want the option to downgrade. A full 74% of Microsoft’s business customers are still using the outdated Windows XP, Windows marketing head Tami Reller said this week at Microsoft’s Worldwide Partner Conference in Washington, D.C.
“XP has survived in large part because of Vista, which was an unmitigated disaster,” said Daniel Ruby, research director at Chitika Inc. “Corporate IT departments are wary of doing anything until they’re sure things are going to work. They’re not willing to go from something that works to something that doesn’t work as well.”
Still, it’s unlikely that many customers will stick with Windows XP for too much longer: Microsoft’s support for the operating system is set to end in April 2014.
Ruby said he expects most large corporations to migrate to Windows 7 in 12 to 18 months. The operating system has been available for eight months, but companies typically wait more than a year before adopting a new Windows release, he said.
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In the meantime, Microsoft said corporate demand for new computers that can run XP remains high. “Our business customers have told us that the removing [of] end-user downgrade rights to Windows XP Professional could be confusing,” Microsoft said in a company blog post.
That’s because sticking with an October 2011 downgrade-to-XP deadline would have forced corporate IT departments to migrate by then or deal with a mishmash of operating systems and licenses. While PCs purchased before October 2011 with Windows 7 preinstalled would be able to be downgraded to Windows XP, new machines bought after that date would not legally be able to run the aging software.
Confusing matters even more, Windows Vista customers are allowed to downgrade to Windows XP anytime they want, with no deadline. So if a company wanted to run Windows XP and bought some computers before Windows 7 debuted, some computers before October 2011, and some computers after that date, it would have to keep track of three different license agreements with Microsoft.
“Managing a hybrid environment with PCs that have different end-user rights based on date of purchase would be challenging to track,” Microsoft said in the blog. “This will help maintain consistency for downgrade rights throughout the Windows 7 lifecycle.”
Only customers that bought the Windows 7 Professional or Ultimate versions are eligible for the downgrade to Windows XP Professional.
The change also only affects companies that don’t subscribe to Microsoft’s volume licensing or Software Assurance programs. Those buying arrangements, popular with large companies, allow IT departments to go almost Paleolithic with their systems: Those customers can install any Windows version dating all the way back to Windows 95.
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