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

On 3/31/06, Susan Bradley, CPA aka Ebitz - SBS Rocks [MVP]
<sbradcpa@pacbell.net> wrote:
> How many of you are running as non admin?  Used the Group policy to
> adjust and allow approved active X?

All we are saying is that firefox tends to be more secure compared to
IE running in the same environment (i.e. priveleges and permissions).

I am sure IE can be deployed in way to make it user-proof and secure.
And I have done that using a Graphical Firewall called Citrix. Using
graphical firewall, I made sure that the user unintententionally
doesn't install any spyware/malware/adware etc.

Having said that, I believe that any enterprise that wants to allow
their users to browse the Internet, should use a contaiment /
virtualization (e.g. Citrix) technology to limit the harm and the
prevent the desktop from getting corrupted inadvertently. This is true
whether you use Firefox or IE.

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

that is problem with the poorly developed extensions and not the firefox.


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