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Subject: Anyone see a game changer here?
From: smb at cs.columbia.edu (Steven Bellovin)
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 2010 22:16:03 -0500
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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)

		--Steve Bellovin, http://www.cs.columbia.edu/~smb

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