Mixed Content Blocker in Aurora

[Tanvi Vyas]

Firefox's Mixed Content Blocker merged from Nightly to Aurora this week.

When an HTTPS page contains HTTP resources, the HTTP resources are
called Mixed Content. With the latest Aurora, Firefox will block certain
types of Mixed Content by default, protecting our users from
man-in-the-middle attackers and eavesdroppers. To learn more about this
feature, check out these links[1].

We are proactively trying to find websites that have compatibility
issues and alert web administrators. For those of you using Firefox
Nightly or Aurora, please let us know if you encounter any sites that
are broken due to the Mixed Content Blocker. You can do this by leaving
a quick comment on one of the following tracking bugs:

Mixed Content Compatibility Issues on Mozilla Affiliated Sites:
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=843977
Mixed Content Compatibility Issues on non-Mozilla Sites:
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=844556

Thanks!

~Tanvi

[1]
https://blog.mozilla.org/security/2013/05/16/mixed-content-blocking-in-firefox-aurora/
https://blog.mozilla.org/tanvi/2013/04/10/mixed-content-blocking-enabled-in-firefox-23/

[Honza Bambas]

This is a great job Tanvi! You've elegantly fixed one of the oldest
bugs in the platform. Congrats ;)

-hb-

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