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Re: New IE flaw and exploit sites/migration to non-MS browser

Subject: Re: New IE flaw and exploit sites/migration to non-MS browser
Date: Fri, 31 Mar 2006 15:07:48 -0800
How many of you are running as non admin? Used the Group policy to adjust and allow approved active X?

Now I'm no coder...but from threads I've seen.... Firefox's Extensions are ripe for fun and excitement.

Is it IE that's insecure? Or how the workstations are setup in the first place?


bkfsec wrote:

Murad Talukdar wrote:

On a related note--how many people have initiated a move away from IE to
Firefox/Opera etc in a corporate environment, due to the perception(is it
JUST a perception or reality based?) that IE is less secure/more prone to
exploits?




We have in certain areas. It's very much reality-based that IE is less secure and more prone to exploit than other browsers, for a number of reasons, not the least of which is IE's architectural tie-in with the MS Windows operating system.

            -bkfsec



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