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Revision as of 14:18, 19 July 2007
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If the digital signature suggests that the update manifest has been tampered with then the entire update manifest is ignored and the update check is taken to have failed. It should be noted that this will occur even if the update manifest was delivered over an SSL connection. The failure will appear to the user as a general error with the update manifest. Add-on authors will be able to get more detailed information by enabling the extension manager logging. | If the digital signature suggests that the update manifest has been tampered with then the entire update manifest is ignored and the update check is taken to have failed. It should be noted that this will occur even if the update manifest was delivered over an SSL connection. The failure will appear to the user as a general error with the update manifest. Add-on authors will be able to get more detailed information by enabling the extension manager logging. | ||
=== Ensuring Update Package Security === | === Ensuring Update Package Security === | ||