Re: [Full-Disclosure] IE is just as safe as FireFox

["Rafel Ivgi, The-Insider" <theinsider@xxxxxxxxxx>]

That is incorrect, there is a fix --> SP2.
Users should use the latest updated system, meaning if there is an SP2, they 
should install it.


Rafel Ivgi, The-Insider
Security Consultant
Malicious Code Research Center (MCRC)
Finjan Software LTD
E-mail: rivgi@xxxxxxxxxx
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Martin Mkrtchian" <dotsecure@xxxxxxxxx>
To: "Todd Towles" <toddtowles@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: "Mailing List - Full-Disclosure" <full-disclosure@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; 
<ring-of-fire@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, November 12, 2004 3:03 AM
Subject: Re: [Full-Disclosure] IE is just as safe as FireFox


> They should've at least released that statement after they fixed the
> IE FRAME vulnerability. 0 day exploit is in the wild and no fix for
> it, yet they claim its secure enough.
>
> If the programmers are as smart as the company press releasers, I can
> see  why I.E. still sux.
>
>
> Martin
>
>
> On Thu, 11 Nov 2004 15:59:20 -0600, Todd Towles
> <toddtowles@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> Microsoft's security and mangement product manager (Ben English) says...
>>
>> At a security roundtable discussion in Sydney on Thursday, Ben English,
>> Microsoft's security and management product manager, told attendees that
>> IE undergoes "rigorous code reviews" and is no less secure than any
>> other browser.
>>
>> "Because IE is ubiquitous, you hear a lot more about it, but I don't
>> think that Internet Explorer is any less secure than any other browser
>> out there," English said.
>>
>> http://news.com.com/Microsoft+says+Firefox+not+a+threat+to+IE/2100-1032_
>> 3-5448719.html?part=dht&tag=ntop&tag=nl.e433
>>
>> Can anyone say IFRAME? Lol
>>
>> -Todd
>>
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