Again, you fail to quote a single source. Of course 'hacks' are out there, they are out there on every system, but your information seems quite out of date.First M$ was old in 1995, it detracts from any relevant points you may make. Secondly, VB.NET compiles to the same CLR that C# compiles to. I am not going to get into the whole VM vs Assember argument, but most profiles I have seen show no advantage to compiled C code over the equivalent .NET. I have also seen assember code that is pure unmaintainable crap. I don't use and would not use VB.NET because I don't like the language, not because of any illusions I have regarding security or performance. Bad code can be written in any language. A managed code environment like .NET or Java makes it much harder to shoot yourself in the foot.In terms of your security rant, lets pick the big targets.* Vista: <a class="user" href="http://secunia.com/product/13223/?task=advisories">http://secunia.com/product/13223/?task=advisories</a>Secunia has issued a total of 8 Secunia advisories in 2003-2007 for Microsoft Windows Vista. Currently, 25% (2 out of 8) are marked as Unpatched with the most severe being rated Not critical.* IIS 6: <a class="user" href="http://secunia.com/product/1438/?task=advisories">http://secunia.com/product/1438/?task=advisories</a>There are no unpatched Secunia advisories affecting this product, when all vendor patches are applied.* Windows 2003 Server: <a class="user" href="http://secunia.com/product/1173/?task=advisories">http://secunia.com/product/1173/?task=advisories</a>The most severe unpatched Secunia advisory affecting Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition, with all vendor patches applied, is rated Less critical.* IE7: <a class="user" href="http://secunia.com/product/12366/?task=advisories">http://secunia.com/product/12366/?task=advisories</a>The most severe unpatched Secunia advisory affecting Microsoft Internet Explorer 7.x, with all vendor patches applied, is rated Moderately criticalIn terms of relative vulnerabilities, IIS has less known vulnerabilities than Apache. Firefox 2 has fewer known vulnerabilities than IE7. Vista has fewer known vulnerabilities than OSX and the known vulnerabilities are less severe than those on OS X (and even the OS X security snapshot looks pretty good at the moment).So again, I challenge you. You claim some facts that many security researchers would not back you on. Provide a link from a reputable source that demonstrates the serious hacks on fully patched Microsoft software.
I could be wrong, but I've suspected for some time that the Firefox "memory leak" issue is a function of RAM. My old computer had 256 RAM, and I don't remember Firefox usage ever going over 70-80 meg. The computer I have now is a 1gig system and I think the highest I've ever pulled is 350. Generally it's in the 200-250 range. My guess is the dude pulling 600 meg has 2gigs of RAM and the person with Firefox using a full gig probably has a 4 gig system
mightycbuMay 28, 2007
welcome to my blocklist, too bad i can't block you six times!
kinjiruMay 28, 2007
@ tob5000You are the winner of todays MORON of the day award..
konstantinoMay 29, 2007
Just another interestingly awesome tidbit:<a class="user" href="http://www.ie7.com">http://www.ie7.com</a> -- it shows you an mozilla firefox ad.
homieasMay 29, 2007
Just switched back to Opera from Firefox a couple days ago.
grumpyrainMay 30, 2007
Again, you fail to quote a single source. Of course 'hacks' are out there, they are out there on every system, but your information seems quite out of date.First M$ was old in 1995, it detracts from any relevant points you may make. Secondly, VB.NET compiles to the same CLR that C# compiles to. I am not going to get into the whole VM vs Assember argument, but most profiles I have seen show no advantage to compiled C code over the equivalent .NET. I have also seen assember code that is pure unmaintainable crap. I don't use and would not use VB.NET because I don't like the language, not because of any illusions I have regarding security or performance. Bad code can be written in any language. A managed code environment like .NET or Java makes it much harder to shoot yourself in the foot.In terms of your security rant, lets pick the big targets.* Vista: <a class="user" href="http://secunia.com/product/13223/?task=advisories">http://secunia.com/product/13223/?task=advisories</a>Secunia has issued a total of 8 Secunia advisories in 2003-2007 for Microsoft Windows Vista. Currently, 25% (2 out of 8) are marked as Unpatched with the most severe being rated Not critical.* IIS 6: <a class="user" href="http://secunia.com/product/1438/?task=advisories">http://secunia.com/product/1438/?task=advisories</a>There are no unpatched Secunia advisories affecting this product, when all vendor patches are applied.* Windows 2003 Server: <a class="user" href="http://secunia.com/product/1173/?task=advisories">http://secunia.com/product/1173/?task=advisories</a>The most severe unpatched Secunia advisory affecting Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition, with all vendor patches applied, is rated Less critical.* IE7: <a class="user" href="http://secunia.com/product/12366/?task=advisories">http://secunia.com/product/12366/?task=advisories</a>The most severe unpatched Secunia advisory affecting Microsoft Internet Explorer 7.x, with all vendor patches applied, is rated Moderately criticalIn terms of relative vulnerabilities, IIS has less known vulnerabilities than Apache. Firefox 2 has fewer known vulnerabilities than IE7. Vista has fewer known vulnerabilities than OSX and the known vulnerabilities are less severe than those on OS X (and even the OS X security snapshot looks pretty good at the moment).So again, I challenge you. You claim some facts that many security researchers would not back you on. Provide a link from a reputable source that demonstrates the serious hacks on fully patched Microsoft software.
iconwolfMay 31, 2007
I could be wrong, but I've suspected for some time that the Firefox "memory leak" issue is a function of RAM. My old computer had 256 RAM, and I don't remember Firefox usage ever going over 70-80 meg. The computer I have now is a 1gig system and I think the highest I've ever pulled is 350. Generally it's in the 200-250 range. My guess is the dude pulling 600 meg has 2gigs of RAM and the person with Firefox using a full gig probably has a 4 gig system
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Glad to see Mozilla kicking Micros**t ass
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Appearently he/she hasn't seen Opera lately.
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I switched to Opera when IE was just a glimmer in Microsoft's eye and Netscape was still callled Navigator! Think Windows 98
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