On Wed, 9 Sep 2009, Brian Weeden wrote:
Good question. You can definitely take a stock FF profile and probably push
that out to all the users, but I don't think FF has dedicated tools to do
that or manage it remotely.
I completely understand the administration issues with using FF in
enterprise. And it's a valid argument. What is not valid is making the
argument that FF is less secure, and I think that's where this threat
started.
Firefox is by FAR the more secure browser. IMO it is the best tool for
browsing the web.
It is also emphatically *NOT* free when you take into considerations all
the costs needed to migrate.
IE costs have already been spent, migrating would add to that.
I wish it were not so. If someone could integrate Firefox into having a
central management server (Groups for users with different settings for
firefox depending on group, addon management through a console interface,
etc.) Hell, make it an MMC snap-in similar to how Symantec Antivirus
Corporate works and you'd get a lot of enterprises switching.
Meh, it is all an exercise of the mind at this point.
Christopher Fisk
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