We have just released a new version of Clipperz password manager that fixes a bug related to native JSON support. The bug was affecting only those using Firefox 3.1. Beta 1 or Beta 2.

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A new version of the Clipperz Javascript Crypto Library (CCL JCL) is now available for download from Google Code SourceForge. The new release dramatically enhances execution speeds (the AES cipher is now at least twice as faster as before) and introduces “deferred” mechanisms for a smoother user experience.

Dan Smith, the Tamarin module owner, was kind enough to share with Clipperz the first official benchmarks of Tamarin vs. SpiderMonkey! These numbers are a very good indicator of the benefits that Tamarin could bring to Mozilla-based products. Dan says:

Browsers did not anticipate the rapid surge of Ajax applications and they are increasingly slow to render Ajax-ed websites. They used to be snappy and responsive, now it’s quite easy to find yourself typing in a text area at the amazing speed of 1 character per second. A new quad-core processor or the latest version of your favorite OS can do nothing to change this.

AJAX applications will remain unworthy of serious business (at least for risk-conscious people).

This is quite a bold statement, especially considering the [source][1]: The Center for Education and Research in Information Assurance and Security ([CERIAS][3]), a prestigious academic institution.

Having almost limitless resources does not mean you can waste them. The calculator feature of Google web search is a tiny, perfect example of a such a waste. Every time you write something like 1500/1.208 into the search field of Google, the string is sent over to a Google server, a Google CPU computes the results and send it back to you.