Bill Davidsen wrote:
Rufus wrote:
Stanimir Stamenkov wrote:
Mon, 01 Aug 2011 14:32:01 -0400, /[email protected]/:
If 2.0.14 is working fine, as it is for us as well, why bother with
an upgrade?
If security is the problem then get rid of your MS version of windows
and get a Linux-based windows interface and operating system.
How would installing Linux with SeaMonkey 2.0.14 help the security of my
browsing?
...by not allowing *anything* else in the wild to be able to run on your
machine...including the stuff you depend on.
I'm on a Mac, and I'm staying with 2.0.14 myself...I may not even
consider another SM update until 3.x or something like that,just based
on what I've been reading here.
When it comes to security common sense, vigilance, and 3rd party defense
are far more important than what version of/or what browser you're
using. The more I learn about browsing and hacking from my security
people at work the less confidence I have in so called "security
updates" for browsers - *any* browser...I'd stick with 2.0.14 on any
platform, if it's performing the task(s) you need performed.
Unless you can operate with java* off, security upgrades are a necessary
evil for browsers. Your promptness in applying fixes is relative to your
risk tolerance, and I guess your actual care in visiting sites, opening
email, etc. Note "actual" as opposed to "claimed" or "mandated by
company policy."
Java, or javascript?..
Linux users can run their high-risk browsing in a virtual machine and
pretty much eliminate the risk, as long as the VM is scrapped afterward.
You'd think. There are ways to target about any strategy you can think
of if someone is really interested in targeting you. My company got
struck not long ago even *with* all of the draconian restrictions on our
IT system. It's just a matter of the hacker figuring out what you're
doing, how you do it, and coming up with a counter strategy. Happens
all the time.
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- Rufus
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