On Fri, 2010-01-22 at 22:16 -0500, Steven Bellovin wrote: > On Jan 22, 2010, at 12:26 AM, Bruce Williams wrote: > > > The problem with IE is the same problem as Windows, the basic design > > is fundementally insecure and "timely updates" can't fix that. > > You do realize, of course, that IE is recording less than half the > security flaw rate of Firefox? (See > http://prosecure.netgear.com/community/security-blog/2009/11/web-browser-vulnerability-report---firefox-leads-the-pack-at-44.php)
Consider for a moment that both Firefox and Safari are built on open-source code where the code can be audited. As a result, it is clear why Firefox and Safari are more "insecure" than IE, it is simply because the code is there to be audited. Frankly, they are all about the same security-wise. William
