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Re: Anyone see a game changer here?


From: Robert Bonomi <bonomi () mail r-bonomi com>
Date: Sat, 23 Jan 2010 15:22:43 -0600 (CST)

From nanog-bounces+bonomi=mail.r-bonomi.com () nanog org  Fri Jan 22 21:16:53 201G
Subject: Re: Anyone see a game changer here?
From: Steven Bellovin <smb () cs columbia edu>
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 2010 22:16:03 -0500
To: Bruce Williams <williams.bruce () gmail com>
Cc: nanog () nanog org


On Jan 22, 2010, at 12:26 AM, Bruce Williams wrote:

The problem with IE is the same problem as Windows, the basic design
is fundementally insecure and "timely updates" can't fix that.

You do realize, of course, that IE is recording less than half the =
security flaw rate of Firefox?  (See =
http://prosecure.netgear.com/community/security-blog/2009/11/web-browser-v=
ulnerability-report---firefox-leads-the-pack-at-44.php)

"The number of discovered bugs in any application is finite.
 The number of _undiscovered_ bugs in that same application, is, by
 definition, infinite."

"Statistics don't lie, but...."     *GRIN*



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