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Lilla1
join:2002-04-22
Fall City, WA
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Re: These leaktests aka scaretests are pure crap
Thank you BlitenZeus for your posts, informative and helpful as always. And thanks again (I cannot say it enough) for the GREAT BZ ruleset you have given us.
Thank you to Ghost, and gkweb for your excellent posts. It's always good to read both sides of an issue. Those tests did scare me pretty good, and reading Ghost's post has quieted my fears about my trusted Kerio 2.15 with BZ ruleset.
I appreciate the discussion in this thread. It has helped me to understand a bit more about security. I am thinking now more about the concept of taking a layered approach to security. The role of the firewall layer vs. the role of the browser layer. This is a something I need to learn more about.
BlitenZeus, I read with interest the limited use you make of IE, and I am now thinking that I might at least consider the idea of adding a 2nd browser.
Which alternate browser would you guys recommend, Opera, Mozilla FireFox, other? I would prefer one that is free.
When people say their IE6 is fully patched, does that mean something beyond Microsoft Critical Updates? So far that is all that I do.
Thanks to all,
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BlitzenZeus
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join:2000-01-13
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1 edit | Opera is not free, unless you don't mind an adbar you can easily block through Kerio. Otherwise there are open source browsers like Mozilla, and Firefox. Mozilla is a suite with a e-mail client, etc... Firefox is just a pure browser, but its considered beta if you really care. I prefer Firefox, and its been working great for me, however its a bit different so it will take a little bit to get used to from IE.
IE has always had unpatched exploits for it going around, I don't consider it safe for common use unless your willing to disable most, if not all of its features in the name of security. When you restrict too many settings you can't visit many legit websites, but with programs like Firefox you don't have to worry about all of these security exploits trying to install things behind your back so you can leave features enabled without worry. You just need IE for sites that require IE for their proprietary technologies like ActiveX(HacktiveX), and Visual Basic Scripting which are the source of most of their exploits. Basically Windows Update, Office Update, etc...
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