Un interesant articol in SecurityFocus ce poate fi folosit de fiecare de pe lista ca argument de migrare sau de alegere a unei anumite solutii.
Time to Dump Internet Explorer It's time to tell our users, our clients, our associates, our families, and our friends to abandon Internet Explorer. [...] As people who care about security - and who so often work with people who care nothing about security - it's our responsibility to spread the word about a better Web browser that does not constantly compromise the basic security of our computers and networks. Why is IE the most widely-used Web browser on the Net? It's not because of quality, and certainly not because it's better than the alternatives. In fact, IE hasn't really been improved in years <http://news.com.com/2100-1032_3-5088642.html>, and other browsers now offer far more innovative <http://www.mozilla.org/products/firefox/why/> features <http://www.opera.com/features/> and <http://www.apple.com/safari/> capabilities <http://konqueror.kde.org/features/browser.php>. It's because Microsoft leveraged its monopoly <http://www.usdoj.gov/atr/cases/f3800/msjudgex.htm> to force IE down the throats of users. And in a case of kicking users while they're down, Microsoft has pledged to tie IE even /closer/ to the Windows operating system <http://webstandards.org/opinion/archive/2003/06/27/>, guaranteeing plenty of security problems in the future. [...] I already know one of the objections I'm going to get in emails from my readers: "My bank, fill-in-name-here, requires Internet Explorer to work!" Let me deal with that point now, in an effort to reduce the email I'll get. First of all, this problem <http://blue-labs.org/rants/financial-shames.php> is decreasing all the time. Several years ago, many more Web sites were written to work with IE only, but now, thanks to the efforts of the Mozilla Foundation, Opera, and Apple (who will actually contact the owners of sites and help them <http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?bug_status=UNCONFIRMED&bug_status=NEW&bug_status=ASSIGNED&bug_status=REOPENED&bug_status=RESOLVED&bug_status=VERIFIED&bug_status=CLOSED&email1=&emailtype1=substring&emailassigned_to1=1&email2=&emailtype2=substring&emailreporter2=1&bugidtype=include&bug_id=&changedin=&votes=&chfieldfrom=&chfieldto=Now&chfieldvalue=&short_desc=&short_desc_type=allwordssubstr&long_desc=&long_desc_type=allwordssubstr&bug_file_loc=&bug_file_loc_type=allwordssubstr&status_whiteboard=&status_whiteboard_type=allwordssubstr&keywords=ecommerce&keywords_type=anywords&field0-0-0=noop&type0-0-0=noop&value0-0-0=&cmdtype=doit&newqueryname=&order=Reuse+same+sort+as+last+time> to get their sites to work with other browsers), coupled with the increasing awareness of Web standards among developers, the vast majority of Web sites work in all modern browsers. Second, if your bank (or e-commerce site, or whatever site that matters to you) doesn't work with Firefox, email, call, and write them (all three can be an effective combination) and, in a polite tone, inform them that their site isn't working and ask them to fix it. If a site /does/ work in Firefox, email, call, and write the owners and thank them. Positive feedback can do wonders. [...] http://www.securityfocus.com/columnists/249 --- Detalii despre listele noastre de mail: http://www.lug.ro/
