That's a good question! I was wondering what you guys use to manage and distribute the extensions. I mean, at least those to make FF more safer than IE (noscript, adblockplus, filterset.g, ie view lite, etc)...
On Tue, Jun 17, 2008 at 10:17 PM, Liu, David <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Question for those who are deploying FF in the enterprise: > > 1. how are you managing FF upgrades, via GPO? Unless you plan on > repackaging FF on your own, FrontMotion is not always up to date in > terms of msi's. > > 2. from security perspective, IEs can be patched internally via WSUS > quite readily with the push of a few buttons. Patching FF on the other > hand is not so easy and FF vulnerabilities in the last year has become > more & more frequent. Granted there are equal if not more holes in IE > but at least we know that once released via WU or WSUS it can be > deployed easily. > > 3. In terms of ability to centrally administer/config browser FF, its > also quite lacking. The config adm from Frontmotion is not quite as > extensive as the ie adms's. I'm surprised that there is no config > settings for setting FF bookmarks & allowing admins to dynamically > update them & push them out to users. > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Martin Blackstone [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Sent: Tuesday, June 17, 2008 10:24 AM >> To: NT System Admin Issues >> Subject: RE: Firefox 3.0 Download Day >> >> I'm not a huge FF fan either, but there are millions who are. >> Ill download it and install it and play with it, but I doubt I will > use >> it >> much. >> I think this is a great marketing idea for Firefox. It's fun and > people >> will >> do it. >> I give them kudos for the idea. >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Rod Trent [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Sent: Tuesday, June 17, 2008 7:08 AM >> To: NT System Admin Issues >> Subject: RE: Firefox 3.0 Download Day >> >> Nah, I just don't like to use things based on hype. >> >> I know, I know. Hype pretty much runs the industry these days (ex. >> iPhone), >> but following the crowd gives me a bad feeling. >> >> Plus, I've never had much luck with Firefox, so I don't see the >> benefit. >> It's slow, eats away at memory, etc. >> >> Now, Opera, on the other hand. No hype. Great product. That's the >> only >> 3rd party browser I would recommend. >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Micheal Espinola Jr [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Sent: Tuesday, June 17, 2008 9:53 AM >> To: NT System Admin Issues >> Subject: Re: Firefox 3.0 Download Day >> >> Because Rod doesn't like anyone to use anything non-Microsoft. It >> scares him. ;-) >> >> >> On Tue, Jun 17, 2008 at 9:43 AM, Martin Blackstone >> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> > Why? Seriously. Why? >> > >> > -----Original Message----- >> > From: Rod Trent [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> > Sent: Tuesday, June 17, 2008 5:55 AM >> > To: NT System Admin Issues >> > Subject: RE: Firefox 3.0 Download Day >> > >> > Don't do it. >> > >> > Like sheep to the slaughter. >> > >> > -----Original Message----- >> > From: Peter van Houten [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> > Sent: Tuesday, June 17, 2008 7:53 AM >> > To: NT System Admin Issues >> > Subject: Firefox 3.0 Download Day >> > >> > Today is supposed to be the official release day for Firefox 3.0 and >> > Mozilla are trying to set a record for the number of downloads. The >> > Firefox home page is slightly out of date but the full 3.0 download >> is >> > here for those that are interested: >> > >> > ftp://releases.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/releases/3.0 >> > >> > >> > ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja! ~ >> > ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~ >> > >> > >> > >> > ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja! ~ >> > ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~ >> > >> > >> > ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja! ~ >> > ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~ >> > >> >> >> >> -- >> ME2 >> >> ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja! ~ >> ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~ >> >> >> >> ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja! ~ >> ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~ >> >> >> ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja! ~ >> ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~ > > ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~ > ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~
