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Old 09-30-2011, 12:23 PM  
raymor
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Thanks guys.

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Originally Posted by Ron Bennett View Post
Your company doesn't have the ability to secure MSIE and yet runs Firefox

MSIE when properly configured is very secure. Most exploits come through 3rd party add-ons anyways, in particular, Flash, PDF, and Java; browsers default to auto-opening, which further increases exposure.

Ron
Actually we don't use Firefox on a daily basis, but if you check MSDN you'll still find IE bugs we reported over ten years ago, still not fixed. The accept caching bug, for example. Then check the Firefox Bugzilla and you'll see bugs we report normally fixed within 24-48 hours. In this case, I agree with the NSA and DHS - IE has some cool features, but is not designed for security.
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