Firefox/Mozilla exploit semi-permanenet fix

[Tim Wunder]

There's an exploit to current versions of Firefox/Mozilla (and 
Safari/Konqueror) pertaining to the International Domain Name specification 
that affects all non-ie browsers (ie doesn't support IDN).

A demo of the exploit and a semi-permanent fix can be found here:
http://users.tns.net/~skingery/weblog/2005/02/permanent-fix-for-shmoo-group-exploit.html

You need to edit the compreg.dat in the user's profile directory.
Change
@mozilla.org/network/idn-service;1,{62b778a6-bce3-456b-8c31-2865fbb68c91}
to
@mozilla.org/network/idn-service;0,{62b778a6-bce3-456b-8c31-2865fbb68c91}

It's permanent until you install an extension. The compreg.dat file gets 
overwritten when installing extensions.

Regards,
Tim