I find this interesting. My company recently sent out a notice that IE will be the only supported browser in the company network. The DID allow me to send in an exception request (I can't live without the JS debugger in Firefox). But the funny thing was they claimed it was easier to keep IE secure. Now that had me rolling on the floor laughing.
OK, I can understand if you want to focus your efforts on securing just one browser. But IE is a LOT less secure that Firefox and the others. In fact, if you go check out Secunia's reports, there are STILL unpatched highly critical holes in IE, and MS has known about them for a long time. From their site, "Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.x with all vendor patches installed and all vendor workarounds applied, is currently affected by one or more Secunia advisories rated Highly critical. Currently, 22 out of 92 Secunia advisories, are marked as "Unpatched" in the Secunia database." So 24% of IE 6's holes are unpatched, and some of those are rated Highly Critical! http://secunia.com/product/11/ And this for Firefox, "Mozilla Firefox 1.x with all vendor patches installed and all vendor workarounds applied, is currently affected by one or more Secunia advisories rated Less critical. Currently, 2 out of 27 Secunia advisories, are marked as "Unpatched" in the Secunia database." http://secunia.com/product/4227/ > -----Original Message----- > From: Barthle, Robert > Sent: Friday, February 24, 2006 7:57 AM > > Especially government intranets. They are weary to change > anything they can't control on an enterprise level. IE fits > real nice into that comfort zone. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Eric Roberts > Sent: Friday, February 24, 2006 12:00 AM > > According to my webstats, I only get from 2-5% using anything > other than > IE...most intranets use IE because it comes with windows and > is less of a > hassle. This transmission may contain information that is privileged, confidential and/or exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any disclosure, copying, distribution, or use of the information contained herein (including any reliance thereon) is STRICTLY PROHIBITED. If you received this transmission in error, please immediately contact the sender and destroy the material in its entirety, whether in electronic or hard copy format. Thank you. A1. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:233364 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
