On Tuesday 27 April 2004 03:35 pm, Jack Kerouac wrote:
> > > It *migh* be the way IE uses ssl, it is broken, I think.
> >
> > IE?  broken?  NEVER. </sarcasm>
>
>       Always! </serious> :)
>
> > Try with mozilla or opera or some such, and see if the issue shows up
> > there.  If not, then you've pinpointed the problem without any
> > additional effort.
> >
> > http://www.mozilla.org <-- free, open source, great :)
> > http://www.opera.com <-- free download (with ads) or register.
>
>       I have already verified it doesn't happen with any known browser
> other than the latest IE6 (for sure, possibly older versions as well, but
> that is un-verified), and then only when running on Windows XP.  So it is
> definitely an IE problem, it's just a problem I'm hoping to find a
> workaround for, since IE + XP = the most common browser platform on the
> planet (used by 100% of my clients - not all of which are happy with a
> solution like 'install mozilla and quit bugging me' :)

In my opinion, you shouldn't even be allowing them to use IE in the first 
place.  Have you not heard of the unfixed MAJOR SECURITY HOLES IE has?  Have 
you not taken a look at IE's poor track record for security?

Mozilla isn't difficult to install (typical next next next next next finish 
windows installation), it's 100% free, open source, and is relatively small 
(I think you use about 150 megs of traffic to 'patch' a new windows system) 
at 12.0 megs (mozilla-win32-1.7rc1-installer.exe)

Also, being open source, if someone finds a hole, it can be fixed easily 
(often times by the person finding the hole) whereas with IE, you have to 
wait until Microsoft releases a patch (which could take many months, if 
ever).

-Jeremy

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