Re: Firefox

Leythos <void@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in news:MPG.1d08b81fca67a5a8989869@news-
server.columbus.rr.com:

> In article <eC0NNwxZFHA.2496@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
> cnfrisch@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx says...

> In this thread I've not seen you provide any help and only provide FUD
> and misinformation. IE is still not a secure browser, if it was, users
> would not have so many tool-bars and spyware being installed on their
> systems in the default configuration.

I do user support for over 600 people (all using IE) I can attest to much
spyware. Their browser is locked down pretty well by our policies and is NOT
the way this stuff gets in. They get the spyware because they download
'free' screensavers, games and other crap that contains spyware. Switching
to Firefox will not stop users from doing dumb things.

> As it stands, most users running FireFox, even an older .9/1.0 version
> are far more secure anywhere on the web than using IE with SP2 in its
> default config.
>
> If users follow the MS recommendation to secure IE, unless they also
> follow the recommendation on adding sites to the trusted zone, they will
> find most websites broken or unusable. If the same users just blindly
> add sites to the trusted zone, as many users would do, they will have
> their systems compromised in short order.

I've been using IE for years without a single security related incident and
I spend a LOT of time surfing.

> You should take a step back, take a good look at how IE is use and how
> FireFox is used, then how each react in different situations - if you
> have any technical skills for evaluation you will admit that FF is a
> more secure browser by default than IE (even with SP2).

It's marginally more secure than a properly configured version of IE. The
big difference is that Firefox users tend to be more computer savvy and
therefore are less likely to do potentially harmful things while surfing.

Security is just one aspect of a browser. If all we cared about was security
we would all be driving Volvo's.
.

Relevant Pages

  • Re: Firefox 1.0 release
    ... Firefox is not a better/more secure browser than XP SP2's ... >MSIE with tight security settings and with PopUpCop (third party app). ...
    (microsoft.public.windowsxp.general)
  • Re: One third of all PCs infected with hacking software
    ... So it's not really a third of all household PCs ... how to secure their computers. ... > software, known as spyware, on them. ... > It's time to license internet use and require a test and "driver's" ...
    (microsoft.public.security.virus)
  • Re: question to mfers here who know shit bout computers, from Trav
    ... Personally I don't know anyone who's used both IE and Firefox or Opera ... what was secure last week might not be so ... isolating infected machines, and locking down everything. ...
    (rec.martial-arts)
  • RE: [Ring-of-Fire] [Full-Disclosure] IE is just as safe as FireFox
    ... The guy has never run Firefox, ... The reality of the situation is that IE is not secure for the average ... I would never let my internet-naiive mother use Internet ... Microsoft's security and mangement product manager (Ben English) says... ...
    (Full-Disclosure)
  • Re: Dynamically Enable Xwindows?
    ... Firefox, as other browsers, speaks directly to a universe of mostly ... A secure level can ... It seems that both Coverity and the code auditing being done ... release each two weeks or so fixing some important bugs. ...
    (comp.unix.bsd.openbsd.misc)
Quantcast