On Wed, 02 Jul 2003, Tim Greer wrote: > From: "Chris Berry" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Monday, June 30, 2003 4:00 PM > > >From: Patrick Boucher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > >Greetings, > > > > > >The first one i would use would be "Internet Explorer" There are so many > > >bugs and work around holes.. I think it is worst then Outlook, Or Outlook > > >express. > > > > > >That's my No. 1. > > > > Well, I wasn't concerned with feature or useability bugs, only security > > ones, so I don't agree. If your IE is fully patched and configured it's > not > > that bad. (though I personally use Mozilla instead because of the nice > > features). > And the problems with IE, is there's so many security issues you have to > keep patching/updating it. Maybe if it didn't blindly accept anything > thrown at it... oh well. No doubt it's a neat program, but that doesn't > mean much to me if it's as insecure as it is.
http://wp.netscape.com/security/index.html has published only one security bulletin since 7.0 came out August 29 last year. Exercise for the reader: How many IE bulletins and hotfixes came from their maker in the same time frame?** Is this because ns has only one serious exploits, or because others were ignored by ns? David ** hint - count the bulletins here http://www.microsoft.com/technet/treeview/default.asp?url=/technet/security/current.asp?productid=119&servicepackid=0&submit1=go&isie=n --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Evaluating SSL VPNs' Consider NEOTERIS, chosen as leader by top analysts! The Gartner Group just put Neoteris in the top of its Magic Quadrant, while InStat has confirmed Neoteris as the leader in marketshare. Find out why, and see how you can get plug-n-play secure remote access in about an hour, with no client, server changes, or ongoing maintenance. Visit us at: http://www.neoteris.com/promos/sf-6-9.htm ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
