Re: IE is just as safe as FireFox

[Colin.Scott () csplc com]

Oh yeah, I've got 14,000 Windows 2000 machines to update to windows XP SP2,
hang on wheres that CD?

So thanks for your infinate wisdom there Rafel.

Colin.








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That is incorrect, there is a fix --> SP2.
Users  should use the latest updated system, meaning if there is an SP2,
they
should install it.


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----- Original Message -----
From: "Martin Mkrtchian"  <dotsecure () gmail com>
To: "Todd Towles" <toddtowles () brookshires com>
Cc: "Mailing List -  Full-Disclosure" <full-disclosure () lists netsys com>;
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Sent: Friday,  November 12, 2004 3:03 AM
Subject: Re: [Full-disclosure] IE is just as safe  as FireFox


> They should've at least released that statement after  they fixed the
> IE FRAME vulnerability. 0 day exploit is in the wild and  no fix for
> it, yet they claim its secure enough.
>
> If the  programmers are as smart as the company press releasers, I can
> see   why I.E. still sux.
>
>
> Martin
>
>
> On  Thu, 11 Nov 2004 15:59:20 -0600, Todd Towles
> <toddtowles () brookshires com> wrote:
> > Microsoft's  security and mangement product manager (Ben English)
says...
> > At a security roundtable discussion in Sydney on  Thursday, Ben English,
> > Microsoft's security and management product  manager, told attendees
that
> > IE undergoes "rigorous code reviews"  and is no less secure than any
> > other  browser.
> >
> > "Because IE is ubiquitous, you hear a lot more  about it, but I don't
> > think that Internet Explorer is any less  secure than any other browser
> > out there," English  said.
> >
> > http://news.com.com/Microsoft+says+Firefox+not+a+threat+to+IE/2100-1032_
> >  3-5448719.html?part=dht&tag=ntop&tag=nl.e433
> >
> > Can  anyone say IFRAME? Lol
> >
> > -Todd
> >
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