> Date: Wed, 17 Mar 2010 14:10:12 -0700
> From: Alan Coopersmith <alan.coopersm...@oracle.com>
>
> CAMPS wrote:
> > Is the Mozilla browser that comes native with solaris the same as
Firefox. Do all the same security patches apply?
>
> No. The browser named "Mozilla" that comes with Solaris is the
previous
> generation web browser from the Mozilla Foundation, that is now
unsupported,
> and does not get fixes for known security holes.
>
> Newer Solaris releases come directly with the Firefox browser.
Alan:
I happen to LIKE the Mozilla SeaMonkey browser. Is there any reason
why that cannot be used. It gets regular updates. (I wish, whoever,
that they would update for older versions of Solaris...)
Just curious.
Regards,
Gregory Hicks
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