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Re: Sick of hearing "that's why I use Mozilla, etc." Microsoft is a victim of its own success. Hackers and researchers are concentrating on the Microsoft line of products because they have the largest market share. I'm not sure that the question is whether the same programmer (spending an equal amount of time) could find an exploit in Mozilla, Netscape, or Opera, but whether obscurity creates an additional measure of security.
For example, if I drive a Holden in Australia, it is likely to get ripped off. It is an easy car to steal and every thief knows how to "hotwire" it in about three seconds. If I take that Holden to the US, however, it is less likely to be ripped off, because US car thieves aren't spending their time learning how to steal cars that aren't readily available. Holden's security may be worse than say a Jeep's, but I've personally increased my security by going with the odd-ball car. | |
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Huntington Beach, CA | Re: Sick of hearing "that's why I use Mozilla, etc Of course they can. I have no problems with the exploits being discovered themselves. EVERY type of software like these has problems.
The problem I have with Microsoft is the SLOW response from Microsoft regarding patching the exploits.
I'm still using IE most of the time (as part of MSN 9) but more and more often I'm finding myself using a Mozilla based browser, not just because of them less of these exploits discovered, but because they also offer more features including pop up blocking and some page manipulation blocking.
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Bolton, MA | reply to stufried
Re: Sick of hearing "that's why I use Mozilla, etc." Actually, Microsoft is also a victim of their own arrogance; by "integrating" IE into the OS and shipping it with the OS (all in an attempt to stifle competition), they have a responsibility to make (and keep) it secure. They have fallen down badly, I'd say because of their usual attitude of failing to plan for the unintended consequences of their "whiz bang" ideas.
Plus, they tend to ship code a wee bit "early," so to speak, which doesn't help matters. When bugs or exploits are found, they should fix them quickly, but they haven't done that, either.
Their browser is popular because they ship it with the OS, it is "good enough" for most people and they make getting any other browser more difficult. So yes, it becomes a target because some cracker can assume it is on the desktop and most likely be right. All the more reason to fix exploits quickly. | |
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