22 Jan
2010
22 Jan
'10
10:37 p.m.
On Fri, 2010-01-22 at 22:16 -0500, Steven Bellovin wrote:
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-vul...)
Consider for a moment that both Firefox and Safari are built on open-source code where the code can be audited. As a result, it is clear why Firefox and Safari are more "insecure" than IE, it is simply because the code is there to be audited. Frankly, they are all about the same security-wise. William