About Cloud Testing
Cloud Testing allows you to test your websites using real browsers – from the cloud.
It can be used for both Cross Browser Testing and Functional Testing.
For more information on the Cloud Testing service, visit www.cloudtesting.com.
Subscribers to the service can access the Cloud Testing customer portal is at portal.cloudtesting.com.
Updated branding for CloudTesting and Website-Archive Portals
We’re pleased to announce the new updated and re-branded website testing and archiving portals at http://portal.cloudtesting.com/ and http://portal.website-archive.com/. The changes include incorporation of the Website Archive logo along with preparations for our upcoming new services which are currently in closed beta:
- RSS Archiving
- Document Archiving
- File Archiving
The new unified login page is now
The Website Archiving portal now looks as follows:
You can view an on-line demo version of the service at http://www.website-archive.com/.
Authenticity signatures for your archives
We’ve just released another new feature for our Website Archiving service, which allows you to easily view the authenticity signatures for your archives.
We capture, calculate and store a number of signatures to ensure the integrity of the archived information.
You can view an on-line demo version of the service at http://www.website-archive.com/.
RSS Feed Archiving Service
We’re pleased to announce that we’ve released our new archiving service for RSS feeds to selected beta testing customers.
The service will allow subscribers to the service to have RSS feeds archived for compliance and record keeping purposes. This can be either a feed of your own blog, or news events, or information from other locations such as Twitter, LinkedIn etc.
If you’re interested in further details please contact me via our Contact Us page.
We have set up the following sites, where you will find more details when the service is launched.
Google releases Chrome 6 beta.
In this latest release is a 15 per cent speed improvement on the V8 and SunSpider javascript benchmarks, as well as a few of the new features including Autofill, a streamlined upper toolbar, made the Omnibox more approachable, and condensed all of the options into a single menu.
Windows security updates applied to Cloud Testing Agents
All of the windows based agents have been updated with the following windows patches:
Critical Security Bulletins
Microsoft Security Bulletin MS10-049
- Affected Software:
- Windows XP Service Pack 3
- Windows XP Professional x64 Edition Service Pack 2
- Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2
- Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition Service Pack 2
- Windows Server 2003 with SP2 for Itanium-based Systems
- Windows Vista Service Pack 1 and
Windows Vista Service Pack 2
- Windows Vista x64 Edition Service Pack 1 and
Windows Vista x64 Edition Service Pack 2
- Windows Server 2008 for 32-bit Systems and
Windows Server 2008 for 32-bit Systems Service Pack 2
(Windows Server 2008 Server Core installation affected)
- Windows Server 2008 for x64-based Systems and
Windows Server 2008 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 2
(Windows Server 2008 Server Core installation affected)
- Windows Server 2008 for Itanium-based Systems and
Windows Server 2008 for Itanium-based Systems Service Pack 2
- Windows 7 for 32-bit Systems
- Windows 7 for x64-based Systems
- Windows Server 2008 R2 for x64-based Systems
(Windows Server 2008 R2 Server Core installation affected)
- Windows Server 2008 R2 for Itanium-based Systems
- Impact: Remote Code Execution
- Version Number: 1.0
Microsoft Security Bulletin MS10-051
- Affected Software:
- Windows XP Service Pack 3:
- Microsoft XML Core Services 3.0
- Windows XP Professional x64 Edition Service Pack 2:
- Microsoft XML Core Services 3.0
- Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2:
- Microsoft XML Core Services 3.0
- Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition Service Pack 2:
- Microsoft XML Core Services 3.0
- Windows Server 2003 with SP2 for Itanium-based Systems:
- Microsoft XML Core Services 3.0
- Windows Vista Service Pack 1 and
Windows Vista Service Pack 2:
- Microsoft XML Core Services 3.0
- Windows Vista x64 Edition Service Pack 1 and
Windows Vista x64 Edition Service Pack 2:
- Microsoft XML Core Services 3.0
- Windows Server 2008 for 32-bit Systems and
Windows Server 2008 for 32-bit Systems Service Pack 2:
- Microsoft XML Core Services 3.0
(Windows Server 2008 Server Core installation affected)
- Windows Server 2008 for x64-based Systems and
Windows Server 2008 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 2:
- Microsoft XML Core Services 3.0
(Windows Server 2008 Server Core installation affected)
- Windows Server 2008 for Itanium-based Systems and
Windows Server 2008 for Itanium-based Systems Service Pack 2:
- Microsoft XML Core Services 3.0
- Windows 7 for 32-bit Systems:
- Microsoft XML Core Services 3.0
- Windows 7 for x64-based Systems:
- Microsoft XML Core Services 3.0
- Windows Server 2008 R2 for x64-based Systems:
- Microsoft XML Core Services 3.0
(Windows Server 2008 R2 Server Core installation affected)
- Windows Server 2008 R2 for Itanium-based Systems:
- Microsoft XML Core Services 3.0
- Impact: Remote Code Execution
- Version Number: 1.0
Microsoft Security Bulletin MS10-052
- Affected Software:
- Windows XP Service Pack 3
- Windows XP Professional x64 Edition Service Pack 2
- Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2
- Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition Service Pack 2
- Impact: Remote Code Execution
- Version Number: 1.0
Microsoft Security Bulletin MS10-053
- Affected Software:
- Internet Explorer 6 for
Windows XP Service Pack 3
- Internet Explorer 6 for
Windows XP Professional x64 Edition Service Pack 2
- Internet Explorer 6 for
Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2
- Internet Explorer 6 for
Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition Service Pack 2
- Internet Explorer 6 for
Windows Server 2003 with SP2 for Itanium-based Systems
- Internet Explorer 7 for
Windows XP Service Pack 3
- Internet Explorer 7 for
Windows XP Professional x64 Edition Service Pack 2
- Internet Explorer 7 for
Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2
- Internet Explorer 7 for
Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition Service Pack 2
- Internet Explorer 7 for
Windows Server 2003 with SP2 for Itanium-based Systems
- Internet Explorer 7 in
Windows Vista Service Pack 1 and
Windows Vista Service Pack 2
- Internet Explorer 7 in
Windows Vista x64 Edition Service Pack 1 and
Windows Vista x64 Edition Service Pack 2
- Internet Explorer 7 in
Windows Server 2008 for 32-bit Systems and
Windows Server 2008 for 32-bit Systems Service Pack 2
(Windows Server 2008 Server Core installation not affected)
- Internet Explorer 7 in
Windows Server 2008 for x64-based Systems and
Windows Server 2008 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 2
(Windows Server 2008 Server Core installation not affected)
- Internet Explorer 7 in
Windows Server 2008 for Itanium-based Systems and
Windows Server 2008 for Itanium-based Systems Service Pack 2
- Internet Explorer 8 for
Windows XP Service Pack 3
- Internet Explorer 8 for
Windows XP Professional x64 Edition Service Pack 2
- Internet Explorer 8 for
Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2
- Internet Explorer 8 for
Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition Service Pack 2
- Internet Explorer 8 in
Windows Vista Service Pack 1 and
Windows Vista Service Pack 2
- Internet Explorer 8 in
Windows Vista x64 Edition Service Pack 1 and
Windows Vista x64 Edition Service Pack 2
- Internet Explorer 8 in
Windows Server 2008 for 32-bit Systems and
Windows Server 2008 for 32-bit Systems Service Pack 2
(Windows Server 2008 Server Core installation not affected)
- Internet Explorer 8 in
Windows Server 2008 for x64-based Systems and
Windows Server 2008 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 2
(Windows Server 2008 Server Core installation not affected)
- Internet Explorer 8 in
Windows 7 for 32-bit Systems
- Internet Explorer 8 in
Windows 7 for x64-based Systems
- Internet Explorer 8 in
Windows Server 2008 R2 for x64-based Systems
(Windows Server 2008 R2 Server Core installation not affected)
- Internet Explorer 8 in
Windows Server 2008 R2 for Itanium-based Systems
- Impact: Remote Code Execution
- Version Number: 1.0
Microsoft Security Bulletin MS10-054
- Affected Software:
- Windows XP Service Pack 3
- Windows XP Professional x64 Edition Service Pack 2
- Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2
- Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition Service Pack 2
- Windows Server 2003 with SP2 for Itanium-based Systems
- Windows Vista Service Pack 1 and
Windows Vista Service Pack 2
- Windows Vista x64 Edition Service Pack 1 and
Windows Vista x64 Edition Service Pack 2
- Windows Server 2008 for 32-bit Systems and
Windows Server 2008 for 32-bit Systems Service Pack 2
(Windows Server 2008 Server Core installation affected)
- Windows Server 2008 for x64-based Systems and
Windows Server 2008 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 2
(Windows Server 2008 Server Core installation affected)
- Windows Server 2008 for Itanium-based Systems and
Windows Server 2008 for Itanium-based Systems Service Pack 2
- Windows 7 for 32-bit Systems
- Windows 7 for x64-based Systems
- Windows Server 2008 R2 for x64-based Systems
(Windows Server 2008 R2 Server Core installation affected)
- Windows Server 2008 R2 for Itanium-based Systems
- Impact: Remote Code Execution
- Version Number: 1.0
Microsoft Security Bulletin MS10-055
- Affected Software:
- Windows XP Service Pack 3
- Windows XP Professional x64 Edition Service Pack 2
- Windows Vista Service Pack 1 and
Windows Vista Service Pack 2
- Windows Vista x64 Edition Service Pack 1 and
Windows Vista x64 Edition Service Pack 2
- Windows 7 for 32-bit Systems
- Windows 7 for x64-based Systems
- Impact: Remote Code Execution
- Version Number: 1.0
Microsoft Security Bulletin MS10-056
- Affected Software:
- Microsoft Office Word 2002 Service Pack 3
- Microsoft Office Word 2003 Service Pack 3
- Microsoft Office Word 2007 Service Pack 2
- Microsoft Office 2004 for Mac
- Microsoft Office 2008 for Mac
- Open XML File Format Converter for Mac
- Microsoft Office Word Viewer
- Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack for Word, Excel, and
PowerPoint 2007 File Formats Service Pack 2
- Microsoft Works 9
- Impact: Remote Code Execution
- Version Number: 1.0
Microsoft Security Bulletin MS10-060
- Affected Software:
- Windows XP Service Pack 3:
- Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5
- Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 Service Pack 2 and
Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 Service Pack 1
- Windows XP Professional x64 Edition Service Pack 2:
- Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5
- Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 Service Pack 2 and
Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 Service Pack 1
- Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2:
- Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5
- Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 Service Pack 2 and
Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 Service Pack 1
- Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition Service Pack 2:
- Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5
- Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 Service Pack 2 and
Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 Service Pack 1
- Windows Server 2003 with SP2 for Itanium-based Systems:
- Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5
- Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 Service Pack 2 and
Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 Service Pack 1
- Windows Vista Service Pack 1:
- Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 Service Pack 1 and
Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5
- .NET Framework 2.0 Service Pack 2 and
Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 Service Pack 1
- Windows Vista Service Pack 2:
- Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 Service Pack 2 and
Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 Service Pack 1
- Windows Vista x64 Edition Service Pack 1:
- Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 Service Pack 1 and
Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5
- Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 Service Pack 2 and
Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 Service Pack 1
- Windows Vista x64 Edition Service Pack 2:
- Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 Service Pack 2 and
Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 Service Pack 1
- Windows Server 2008 for 32-bit Systems and
Windows Server 2008 for 32-bit Systems Service Pack 2:
- Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 Service Pack 1 and
Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5
- Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 Service Pack 2 and
Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 Service Pack 1
(Windows Server 2008 Server Core installation not affected)
- Windows Server 2008 for x64-based Systems and
Windows Server 2008 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 2:
- Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 Service Pack 1 and
Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5
- Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 Service Pack 2 and
Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 Service Pack 1
(Windows Server 2008 Server Core installation not affected)
- Windows Server 2008 for Itanium-based Systems and
Windows Server 2008 for Itanium-based Systems Service Pack 2:
- Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 Service Pack 1 and
Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5
- Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 Service Pack 2 and
Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 Service Pack 1
- Windows 7 for 32-bit Systems
- Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5.1
- Windows 7 for x64-based Systems
- Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5.1
- Windows Server 2008 R2 for x64-based Systems:
- Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5.1
(Windows Server 2008 R2 Server Core installation affected)
- Windows Server 2008 R2 for Itanium-based Systems:
- Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5.1
- Microsoft Silverlight 2
- Microsoft Silverlight 3
- Impact: Remote Code Execution
- Version Number: 1.0
Important Security Bulletins
Microsoft Security Bulletin MS10-047
- Affected Software:
- Windows XP Service Pack 3
- Windows Vista Service Pack 1 and
Windows Vista Service Pack 2
- Windows Vista x64 Edition Service Pack 1 and
Windows Vista x64 Edition Service Pack 2
- Windows Server 2008 for 32-bit Systems and
Windows Server 2008 for 32-bit Systems Service Pack 2
(Windows Server 2008 Server Core installation affected)
- Windows Server 2008 for x64-based Systems and
Windows Server 2008 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 2
(Windows Server 2008 Server Core installation affected)
- Windows Server 2008 for Itanium-based Systems and
Windows Server 2008 for Itanium-based Systems Service Pack 2
- Windows 7 for 32-bit Systems
- Windows 7 for x64-based Systems
- Windows Server 2008 R2 for x64-based Systems
(Windows Server 2008 R2 Server Core installation affected)
- Windows Server 2008 R2 for Itanium-based Systems
- Impact: Elevation of Privilege
- Version Number: 1.0
Microsoft Security Bulletin MS10-048
- Affected Software:
- Windows XP Service Pack 3
- Windows XP Professional x64 Edition Service Pack 2
- Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2
- Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition Service Pack 2
- Windows Server 2003 with SP2 for Itanium-based Systems
- Windows Vista Service Pack 1 and
Windows Vista Service Pack 2
- Windows Vista x64 Edition Service Pack 1 and
Windows Vista x64 Edition Service Pack 2
- Windows Server 2008 for 32-bit Systems and
Windows Server 2008 for 32-bit Systems Service Pack 2
(Windows Server 2008 Server Core installation affected)
- Windows Server 2008 for x64-based Systems and
Windows Server 2008 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 2
(Windows Server 2008 Server Core installation affected)
- Windows Server 2008 for Itanium-based Systems and
Windows Server 2008 for Itanium-based Systems Service Pack 2
- Windows 7 for 32-bit Systems
- Windows 7 for x64-based Systems
- Windows Server 2008 R2 for x64-based Systems
(Windows Server 2008 R2 Server Core installation affected)
- Windows Server 2008 R2 for Itanium-based Systems
- Impact: Elevation of Privilege
- Version Number: 1.0
Microsoft Security Bulletin MS10-050
- Affected Software:
- Windows XP Service Pack 3
- Movie Maker 2.1
- Windows XP Professional x64 Edition Service Pack 2
- Movie Maker 2.1
- Windows Vista Service Pack 1 and
Windows Vista Service Pack 2
- Movie Maker 6.0
- Movie Maker 2.6
- Windows Vista x64 Edition Service Pack 1 and
Windows Vista x64 Edition Service Pack 2
- Movie Maker 6.0
- Movie Maker 2.6
- Impact: Remote Code Execution
- Version Number: 1.0
Microsoft Security Bulletin MS10-057
- Affected Software:
- Microsoft Office Excel 2002 Service Pack 3
- Microsoft Office Excel 2003 Service Pack 3
- Microsoft Office 2004 for Mac
- Microsoft Office 2008 for Mac
- Open XML File Format Converter for Mac
- Impact: Remote Code Execution
- Version Number: 1.0
Microsoft Security Bulletin MS10-058
- Affected Software:
- Windows Vista Service Pack 1 and
Windows Vista Service Pack 2
- Windows Vista x64 Edition Service Pack 1 and
Windows Vista x64 Edition Service Pack 2
- Windows Server 2008 for 32-bit Systems and
Windows Server 2008 for 32-bit Systems Service Pack 2
(Windows Server 2008 Server Core installation affected)
- Windows Server 2008 for x64-based Systems and
Windows Server 2008 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 2
(Windows Server 2008 Server Core installation affected)
- Windows Server 2008 for Itanium-based Systems and
Windows Server 2008 for Itanium-based Systems Service Pack 2
- Windows 7 for 32-bit Systems
- Windows 7 for x64-based Systems
- Windows Server 2008 R2 for x64-based Systems
(Windows Server 2008 R2 Server Core installation affected)
- Windows Server 2008 R2 for Itanium-based Systems
- Impact: Elevation of Privilege
- Version Number: 1.0
Microsoft Security Bulletin MS10-059
- Affected Software:
- Windows Vista Service Pack 1 and
Windows Vista Service Pack 2
- Windows Vista x64 Edition Service Pack 1 and
Windows Vista x64 Edition Service Pack 2
- Windows Server 2008 for 32-bit Systems and
Windows Server 2008 for 32-bit Systems Service Pack 2
(Windows Server 2008 Server Core installation affected)
- Windows Server 2008 for x64-based Systems and
Windows Server 2008 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 2
(Windows Server 2008 Server Core installation affected)
- Windows Server 2008 for Itanium-based Systems and
Windows Server 2008 for Itanium-based Systems Service Pack 2
- Windows 7 for 32-bit Systems
- Windows 7 for x64-based Systems
- Windows Server 2008 R2 for x64-based Systems
(Windows Server 2008 R2 Server Core installation affected)
- Windows Server 2008 R2 for Itanium-based Systems
- Impact: Elevation of Privilege
- Version Number: 1.0
Firefox 4.0 to be silently updated
Firefox is hoping to add an auto/silent update feature to Firefox 4.0, which will be enabled by default, but can be turned off.
The major update dialog box will only be used for changes like version 4 to 4.5 or 5 according to Alex Faaborg on the “mozilla.dev.apps.firefox” forum.
Users will still see the updating progress bar on load, but this is an implementation issue as opposed to a user interface one.
97% of Chrome users running the latest version compared to 85% for Firefox and 53% for Safari
According to “Why Silent Updates Boost Security” (download PDF), 97% of Chrome users were running the latest version of the browser within 21 days of the last update’s release.
By comparison, 85% of Firefox users were up-to-date in the same span, while only 53% Safari users could say the same.
The Chrome browser is auto updated, with no option to stop this (apart from disabling the Google Auto-Update service). Firefox is hoping to add an auto/silent update feature to Firefox 4.0, which will be enabled by default, but can be turned off.
Firefox 3.6.8 released
Security Advisories Fixed in Firefox 3.6.8:
MFSA 2010-48 Dangling pointer crash regression from plugin parameter array fix
From http://www.mozilla.org/security/known-vulnerabilities/firefox36.html
Release of 1.9.0 Cloud Testing agent software
We’re pleased to announce the release of version 1.9.0 of the agent software. This has been deployed onto our Cloud Testing servers, and is available to Private Agent subscribers in the download area.
New features include:
- Extra commands – see recent posting.
- Improved timeout handling (there is a 15 minute maximum run time for a script).
Features for the Website Archiving service include:
- Security MD5 hash on images
- Watermark with capture information
We will soon be releasing a new version of the customer portal.
New commands added
Following a request from a customer (Andrew from AMEE), we’ve added a number of new commands to our Functional and Cross Browser testing service. Our standard service always captures a screenshot after the following Selenium commands:
- Open
- Click and Wait
- Open Window
- Refresh
- Refresh and Wait
- Submit
- Submit and Wait
- Go Back
- Go Back and Wait
The new commands do exactly the same as the above Selenium commands, but don’t do an automatic screenshot. They are
- Open – No Screenshot
- Click and Wait – No Screenshot
- Open Window – No Screenshot
- Refresh – No Screenshot
- Refresh and Wait – No Screenshot
- Submit – No Screenshot
- Submit and Wait – No Screenshot
- Go Back – No Screenshot
- Go Back and Wait – No Screenshot
The new commands were added into the 1.9.0 release of the agent software. More details of the commands can be found in the support area of the customer portal – http://portal.cloudtesting.com/.
For more details of the Functional and Cross Browser testing service, please see our website at http://www.cloudtesting.com/.