Open Bug 372042 Opened 19 years ago Updated 3 years ago

Try not to fail silently for security reasons -- add a generic security error message for use after string freezes

Categories

(Core :: General, enhancement)

Product:
Core
Component:
General
Platform:
x86
Windows XP
Type:
enhancement

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People

(Reporter: csthomas, Unassigned)

Details

In bug 371179, we introduced a silent failure because we can't add/change strings on the branches. Is it worth adding a dedicated string in case this happens in the future (a beltzner-ified version of "sorry, for security reasons blah blah blah", maybe with a "click for more info") that could be displayed when the user tries to do something we broke for security reasons? I have not thought this through.
Summary: Try not to fail silently for security reasons → Try not to fail silently for security reasons -- add a generic security error message for use after string freezes
I'll start a discussion on .l10n on whether we really can't add strings, and if we could, how. *Changing* strings is probably much harder.
Severity: normal → S3
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