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There's a W3C rule, that each browser needs their own implementation. If everybody uses the same code, it's considered a Monoculture security risk [1]. 1. http
by pfraze 11y ago
There's a W3C rule, that each browser needs their own implementation. If everybody uses the same code, it's considered a Monoculture security risk [1].
1. https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2010/12/software_monocu.html https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2010/12/software_mono...
- andrewstuart2 11y agoThanks, that's a great article. May be worth a repost since it's been 5 years since it was last posted (according to my cursory searches). Somebody posted it: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10199163 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10199163
- frandroid 11y agoffs
- donbox 11y agoI wonder then how come so many browsers are allowed to be Webkit based
- teraflop 11y agoBrowsers are "allowed" to do whatever they want, but the W3C is very unlikely to endorse some feature as a standard if Webkit is the only codebase that intends to implement it. Which is basically what happened with WebSQL.