Re: What is the most secure web browser,

[Ansgar Wiechers <bugtraq () planetcobalt net>]

On 2003-09-15 secureot () yahoo com wrote:
> There have been several recent vulnerabilities in the past few weeks
> alone on IE, that prove that it is obviously not the secure web
> browser of choice. My question to the list, is what is the most secure
> browser that will not get manipulated like IE? 

Depends on what environment you have. If you have at least a Windows
2000 Server at hand, you can use Group Policies to tighten IE (use the
different zones to allow or disallow specific options). For standalone
installations I would recommend Mozilla or Opera, which are more secure
by default (as they don't support ActiveX), but even they have had their
share of vulnerabilities, so you will still have to stay alert.

> I don?t think that continuous, almost daily patching is realistic or
> even close to a resolution.

I doubt that you're going to get around this, regardless of what browser
you are going to use.

Regards
Ansgar Wiechers

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