Re: upgrading to IE6 on w2k servers

[Dan Barr <danbarr () gmail com>]

If you're actively browsing the web from those servers, you absolutely
do need to upgeade to the latest version of IE with all security
patches applied. Also, the files used by IE are also used in other
parts of the system, for example in Windows Explorer. So it's not
*just* IE that you'll be upgrading, it's many core system dll's.

However, web browsing from a server for purposes other than going to
vendor support sites to download drivers/software is a pretty bad
idea. You're just begging for spyware/adware to infect and degrade the
performance of your servers.

Dan

On Tue, 27 Jul 2004 01:51:48 -0700 (PDT), Juan B <juanbabi () yahoo com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I want to know why is it recommended to upgrade my
> servers to IE6.
>
> I didnt find any reason at all !!! ( from the security
> point of view..).
>
> I only found thie line in lits of site "it is
> recommended to update to IE6". but why ?
>
> why I need to upgrade ?
> I have IE5 on the servers and I surf the net from
> those servers.
>
> thanks very much
>
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