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

This message is primarily destined to all MS trolls, no matter their levels, and i can see so many in this list that i am happy to target a large audience.

Please run some unix or at least read about the unix permission system, and lets pray god this sheds some light in your mono cultured brains. Here are the relevant points:

1) Despite recent ameliorations of MS ( multi user finally, permissions ... ) and some effort at making the system more secure, something very important is still left out: The first default user of the MS computer is made an administrator. This comes down to giving uid0 to ur first unix user. Unix does NOT do that. It requieres you to use su and become root ( administrator ) after proper credentials submission ( password ). The first user is NOT and administrator, and any recent Unix documentation will insist on the danger of running as root(admin). Unix keeps the admin account well separated from the user account, which MS DOESN'T, despite all wrong arguments i read on this list. VERY BAD practice generally. So its user friendly, as the user has admin rights and can therefore install and remove software and change major configuration. Majority of users don't and will never know there is an 'administrator' user that hides from their eyes.
This little detail that apparently Ms people can't 'understand' is a huge step. Please install a proper unix, create 2 accounts and try to read the home directory of the second user from the first.

2) "After all, they don;t need to know" . " You're on a need to know basis job"
Do MS really think the users are stupid ? Do understanding different IDs/ roles / accounts on a computer that much of a tough message to pass to the end user ? Isn't security important and supposedly the goal of recent MS developpements ? If they really did target security, their efforts will have been into making the user understand that he should be admin to install programs, and a non priviledged user to surf the web. IS that that hard to understand ? And that much hidden into high IT security professionnal unreachable knowledge ? I don;t think so. Doesn't a company such as MS has enough ressources to make that a priority and educate the users ? Off course it has. Just not very 'commercially' friendly as if user then understand roles, it might requires less Anti virus, personnal firewall and other bullshit FUD's scareware ( Yes its scareware, and it is the best selling software category OF ALL times of software history ).


This is why, Firefox being independant from this OS that carries 60 of its code base as being legacy code for older system hardware and backward compatibility, is likely more secure than the in house integrated application. Now if u are running Firefox as an administrator .....don't be surprised if something happens. Don;t blame the software, but your poor security practices.

Lets not hide from ourselves whats needed from MS to reach modern world security:
a complete rewrite, and a ditch of old Dos base and the 20 years old legacy code.

Hopes that clears things.



Rafel Ivgi, The-Insider wrote:

Firefox is not intgrated to the OS, because it doesn't have an OS.
Its just a trimmed Mozilla for windows..
However Mozilla in Linux is integrated at some level...so they are just the
same as I.E.


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: "john morris" <me.morris@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <full-disclosure@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, November 14, 2004 3:34 PM
Subject: Re: [in] Re: [Full-Disclosure] IE is just as safe as FireFox




Firefox avoids several fundamental design flaws of IE, in that:

-Firefox is not integrated into Windows, and thus closes holes
allowing access to the OS.

-Firefox does not support ActiveX JavaVM or VBScript, three Microsoft
proprietary technologies that are responsible for many security holes.

-Firefox does not allow for the invasion of your system by adware and
spyware just by visiting a website.

(FROM LINKS TO LINKS WE ARE ALL LINKED)

cheersssss.....

morris

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