Firefox 6.0: Enhanced Permissions And Plugin Checks For Security

The latest accelerated release for Firefox, version 6.0, arrives this week but what can users expect in advance of the more significant changes promised for version 7.0 later this year? The answer for now is better security. The short answer is that almost everything noteworthy is underneath the surface, such as the new permissions feature (accessed by typing about:permissions into the address bar), which allows cookie, password and pop-up settings to be specified on a site-by-site basis instead or globally.

An interesting but very subtle security feature is the addition of a checking mechanism for plug-ins, accessed by clicking on the link at the top of the plug-ins tab of the Add-ons Manager.

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