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IE's secutity holes MORE SEVERE than Firefox's
The fact is, that IE' secutity holes are more SEVERE, more NUMEROUS and less FREQUENTLY FIXED than Firefox's.

IE's security holes are listed as "MAJOR" whereas Firefox's are listed as MINOR and MODERATE.

Also, the existing two known Firefox issues are already fixed in the nightly releases, and will very soon become available in the next major release. Additionally, there are NO KNOWN "EXPLOITS" (which is in stark contrast to IE's many KNOWN EXPLOITS).

The "math" seems pretty simple. Nothing is perfect, but get Firefox and be much MORE secure! wink

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Posted by: Peter Reaper   Posted on: 07/29/04 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
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Before the NBMers weigh in  AbsolutelyNot | 07/27/04
but but but but but  Squawkbox | 07/27/04
Sort of  prong@... | 07/27/04
odd  eLurker | 07/28/04
IE's secutity holes MORE SEVERE than Firefox's  Peter Reaper | 07/29/04
hmmmm  zijiang | 07/27/04
"Many eyes" argument a bit over hyped  betelgeuse68 | 07/27/04
many eyes did not inspect the security model  Harry Butts | 07/28/04
still beats IE by miles....  nikster | 07/27/04
Just wait  PmAc_z | 07/28/04
track record...  ryusen | 07/28/04
This actually shows 'many eyes' at work  Amberhawk | 07/28/04
Wrong  Loverock Davidson | 07/28/04
Need I remind you?  AbsolutelyNot | 07/28/04
I guess so  Loverock Davidson | 07/28/04
yes you are  ryusen | 07/28/04
re: your question  ryusen | 07/28/04
So, what's the score. About 6 to 44,258 ?  BitTwiddler | 07/28/04
Whew! Good thing it's not tied into the OS or anything!  Xunil_Sierutuf | 07/28/04
Mozilla to squash security bugs  Loverock Davidson | 07/28/04
Hey, That's completely Unfair  el1jones | 07/28/04
hell...  ryusen | 07/28/04
Used mainly on Windows  voska | 07/28/04
yeah, IE just puts old exploits back in..  Monkey_MCSE | 07/28/04
wasnt that  eLurker | 07/28/04
a couple had them yes  Monkey_MCSE | 07/28/04
actually, no  eLurker | 07/28/04
if you are talking abotu the "shell"  ryusen | 07/28/04
no  eLurker | 07/28/04
How about the 'other' side  AmusedAtItAll | 07/28/04
I'm not an MS Basher  skeptic tank | 07/28/04
You match the criteria.. now come over to the bash side!  Xunil_Sierutuf | 07/28/04
Any exploits of these vulns?  Eggs Ackley_z | 07/28/04
Astro boy takes to the SKY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  chiwawa | 07/28/04
Technically  skeptic tank | 07/28/04
Nice that it can affect without being OS reliant, really open  FilledOut | 07/28/04
Hey, don't leave out bashers from Apple  FilledOut | 07/28/04
It'll be fixed before MS fixes IE  CobraA1 | 07/28/04
Might want to read the headlines  nikoli | 07/30/04

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