articles.techrepublic.com.com — The long-awaited Internet Explorer 7 debuted last week?and a brand-new flaw promptly debuted a day later. While Redmond argued that the vulnerability actually comes from Outlook Express, it still affects IE7. But Mike Mullins says it doesn't bode well for the browser update, whose security enhancements Microsoft has been touting.
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trigger0219Oct 27, 2006
wrong topic... down me like a prostitute...
netferretOct 27, 2006
"Firefox + Adblock(plus) + NoScript"If firefox is so good then why does it require add-ons. Its like adding 2 extra programs to IE7, so its never a fair comparison between the two.
charlesgriswoldOct 27, 2006
It's not only a matter of quantity of vulnerabilities; there is also the quality of the vulnerabilities to consider. In my experience, the vulnerabilities in IE have been, on the whole, of a much higher caliber. The vulnerabilities in Firefox have yet to reach the spectacular power that has been observed in IE. On the few occasions that Firefox *has* shown really promising vulnerabilities, the Firefox team goes and nips them in the bud before they can display their full potential. Microsoft, on the other hand, allows the IE vulnerabilities time to grow. There are very few things as awe-inspiring as a full-grown IE vulnerability rampaging through your computer system, leaving hoards of malware in it's wake and slowing your computer to a painful crawl.Ya gotta hand it to the Microsoft team: when they make a vulnerability, they do it right.
spinneyOct 27, 2006
i know the answerFirefox+Thunderbird
shinglorOct 27, 2006
Whoa, hang on a second there prieurdp, are you trying to tell me that there isn't a universal objective measure by which we can decide which browser is the best at everything?
knowickiOct 27, 2006
Internet explorer just plain sucks. That's my 2¢ worth.
toddmoeOct 28, 2006
@ angulion well given that you know exactly jack squat about my company and our software I don't think you are qualified to have an opinion.Our stuff if very high end and does run in FF Jack ass. My point was that no one has ever even questioned if it can run on FF because the vast majority Corp America is not interested in it.Don't worry about me loosing my customers, they are quite happy.
t3st3rOct 29, 2006
Yep, good start.I did allowed JS for sites that really need it, disabled othervice.This causes XSS attacks (if any) to suck.As well as some other attack types.And well, disabling JS for anyone but whitelisted sites also trashed some nasty and annoying advertisings as well.That's funny and surely makes web both better and safer :)