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FF40_AUDIT

- Review of https://developer.mozilla.org/en/Firefox_4_for_developers
  - Potential proxy issues
    - DocShell and plugins inside createHTMLDocument?
      - https://developer.mozilla.org/en/DOM/DOMImplementation.createHTMLDocument
    - WebSockets?
    - Media attributes?
      - "buffered"
      - "preload"
      - new codecs?
    - What the hell is a blob url?
      - https://developer.mozilla.org/en/DOM/window.createBlobURL
      - https://developer.mozilla.org/en/DOM/window.revokeBlobURL
      - Seems only relevent to FS injection..
    - WebThreads are OK:
      - https://developer.mozilla.org/En/Using_web_workers
      - Network activity blocked by content policy
  - Fingerprinting issues:
    - New screen attributes
      - https://developer.mozilla.org/en/DOM/window.mozInnerScreenX, Y
    - High Res Animation Timers:
      - https://developer.mozilla.org/en/DOM/window.mozAnimationStartTime
      - https://developer.mozilla.org/en/DOM/Animations_using_MozBeforePaint
        - 50-60hz max.. Can we leverage this?
    - timeStamps on keystroke events
      - https://developer.mozilla.org/en/DOM/event.timeStamp
    - Bounding rectangles -> window sizes?
      - Maybe not display sizes, but seems possible to fingerprint rendered
        content size.. ugh.
        - https://developer.mozilla.org/en/DOM/element.getBoundingClientRect
        - https://developer.mozilla.org/en/dom:range
    - CSS resize, media queries, etc..
    - WebGL may also expose screen properties and video card properties:
      - https://developer.mozilla.org/en/WebGL
      - https://www.khronos.org/registry/webgl/specs/1.0/#5.2
      - https://www.khronos.org/registry/webgl/specs/1.0/#5.11
    - SVG needs auditing. It may also expose absolute coords, but appears OK
      - https://developer.mozilla.org/en/SVG/SVG_animation_with_SMIL
    - Mouse events reveal desktop coordinates
      - https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=503943
      - https://developer.mozilla.org/en/DOM/Event/UIEvent/MouseEvent
      - Actual screen dimensions not exposed
  - Identifier Storage
    - Content Secuity Properties may need clearing:
      - https://developer.mozilla.org/en/Security/CSP
    - STS cache needs clearing
    - New window.history functions may allow state smuggling
      - https://developer.mozilla.org/en/DOM/Manipulating_the_browser_history

- New Javascript hooking options may help improve Date() hooks:
  - https://developer.mozilla.org/en/JavaScript/New_in_JavaScript/1.8.5

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