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Re: What is the most secure web browser,
From: Tim Larson <tim () lovelyskin com>
Date: Tue, 16 Sep 2003 11:31:20 -0500
secureot wrote:
There have been several recent vulnerabilities in the past few weeks alone on IE, that prove that it is obviously not the secure web browser of choice. My question to the list, is what is the most securebrowser that will not get manipulated like IE? Is the programming languages and protocols at fault or $pecific vendors? I don’t think that continuous, almost daily patchingis realistic or even close to a resolution. I also do not believe that Lynx is an answer.
I believe the biggest problem is IE's close tie to Windows, and the fact that it allows scripting to affect Windows - so I guess you could say I'm blaming the vendor. I use Opera and Mozilla (and occasionally derivatives like Netscape and Galeon) for web browsing, and Thunderbird for email. (In general I like the user features of Opera better, but occasionally - very seldom with version 7 - Opera won't work with a site that Mozilla is fine with.) About the only time I use IE is when visiting microsoft.com for Windows updates.
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