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"How does a browser not being integrated into the OS make it more or less secure?"

Imagine I am a policeman. I am not happy with your behavior, so I am going to fire one of those bean bags at you to cool you off. Now this is going to hurt, but you will live, all be it in temporary distress.

Now imagine instead that under the same scenario I have surgically imbedded the barrel of the bean bag gun into your chest right next to your heart. When I fire the same gun this time, you might not live through it.

It is the same with this integrated code. It is not that a modular browser is impossible to infect, but the infection takes a while to worm its way to something vital. Integrated code like IE, WMP, MSN IM, etc. places the barrel of this gun right next to the vital organs of my system. The infections are much harder to control.

I won't charge for this lesson.
Posted by: Mack DaNife   Posted on: 04/13/04 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
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A note on VBScript  jfrankcarr | 04/12/04
Welded to the OS  voska | 04/12/04
you still use ie  V Sanders | 04/13/04
You Are So Wrong  nikoli | 04/13/04
hooks...  ryusen | 04/12/04
What are you talking about?!?  coffeenite | 04/13/04
bite back  Mack DaNife | 04/13/04
You shouldn't....  ShadeTree | 04/13/04
Unfortunately, rogue XPI's are appearing now  jfrankcarr | 04/12/04
Mozilla Rocks!!!  nikoli | 04/12/04
why?  V Sanders | 04/13/04
Because IE Stinks  nikoli | 04/13/04
How is it double the trouble?  doe_z | 04/13/04
Firefox biz  koan | 04/13/04
Your post  ShadeTree | 04/13/04
Comment from Opera user  TeWaitere_z | 04/15/04
You don't seem to understand the problem.  jrbeaman | 07/08/04
Could we see some facts here, please?  mlindl | 04/12/04
Market Share Dude  nikoli | 04/12/04
exactly  V Sanders | 04/13/04
How Many?  jfrankcarr | 04/12/04
isn't there a reward  V Sanders | 04/13/04
Condom vs. Unprotected  nikoli | 04/13/04
Now you are getting the idea.  jrbeaman | 07/08/04
Next Big Threat ?  BitTwiddler | 04/12/04
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We need a hacker with a conscience  billgessner | 04/12/04
Oxymoron  ShadeTree | 04/13/04
That was really dumb  RedHat9User | 04/13/04
More Dumb Statements.....  jrbeaman | 07/08/04
Attacking shady sites  BlackieBassett | 01/21/05
A browser does  ParadigmOdyssey | 04/13/04
Only old DOS users call it HTM.  jrbeaman | 07/08/04

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