Firefox Not As Safe As We Thought?

Prey521 · Post by **Prey521** » Mon Oct 02, 2006 4:29 pm

http://money.cnn.com/blogs/browser/inde ... 6257268446

Funny to how defensive the company is and that the flaw shouldn't have been pointed out. Aren't they the first ones to rub it in when a flaw is found in other software, specifically MS software, such as IE? I'm sure the company would have rather just never addressed this critical flaw and just let it be.

TonyT · Post by **TonyT** » Mon Oct 02, 2006 4:39 pm

No browser on Windows is really secure. Linux versions are more secure.

YARDofSTUF · Post by **YARDofSTUF** » Mon Oct 02, 2006 4:44 pm

Repost, check the main page of SG fool

Interesting how theres a conference for non ethical hacking. Maybe I should start a cocaine conference.

Prey521 · Post by **Prey521** » Mon Oct 02, 2006 4:56 pm

Gen Forum > SG Main page

YARDofSTUF · Post by **YARDofSTUF** » Mon Oct 02, 2006 5:09 pm

Prey521 wrote:Gen Forum > SG Main page

Not when you start posting

Post by **YeOldeStonecat** » Mon Oct 02, 2006 6:11 pm

It's had over 1/2 security issues of IE over the past year...it's catching up with problems. Well..more like the targeters are catching it...as popularity grows.

Kyle · Post by **Kyle** » Mon Oct 02, 2006 6:24 pm

TonyT wrote:No browser on Windows is really secure. Linux versions are more secure.

The particular Javascript flaw that is being referred to is present in Windows, OS X, and Linux versions of the browser. The flaw will be fixed soon enough and life will go on.

I liked the Diggite's response best:

digg wrote: Article: "It makes you wonder why people always say FF is the best browser."

Response: "Maybe because each Firefox flaw is worthy of a news post, while Internet Explorer has so many that noone bothers to write about them anymore."

CableDude · Post by **CableDude** » Mon Oct 02, 2006 6:53 pm

Prey521 wrote:Gen Forum > SG Main page

Heh.

Zerohero · Post by **Zerohero** » Tue Oct 03, 2006 4:32 am

If another flaw popped up tomarrow I'd still use it over IE any day.

Norm · Post by **Norm** » Tue Oct 03, 2006 7:25 pm

We?

It's a hoax anyway..

downhill · Post by **downhill** » Tue Oct 03, 2006 9:40 pm

Prey521 wrote:Gen Forum > SG Main page

So far the front page article is leading this one, by two to one in views... You better get clicking to make that statement true..

Jim · Post by **Jim** » Tue Oct 03, 2006 9:47 pm

downhill wrote:So far the front page article is leading this one, by two to one in views... You better get clicking to make that statement true..

Never give a challenge to geeks with too much time on their hands.

TonyT · Post by **TonyT** » Wed Oct 04, 2006 7:52 am

One of the guys who presented the "isue" admitted it was a joke. However, his statement was released as an announce VIA the Mozilla Group, as a spokesman for them. So....did mozilla get the guy to recant in order to reduce attention on the potential sec hole or was the guy honestly admitting it was a hoax. Time will tell...

Comtrad · Post by **Comtrad** » Wed Oct 04, 2006 9:22 am

The only reason browsers are "more secure" is because not as many people are on them so not as many hackers are trying to get into them. Just as the mac. Once that started to become more popular, oops people could get viruses.