-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 07/26/07 14:01, Andrew J. Barr wrote: > On 7/26/07, Mathias Brodala <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Hi Douglas. >> >> Douglas Allan Tutty, 26.07.2007 18:23: >> > It seems that the mozilla-derived browsers have security issues >> > requiring updates far more frequently than other browsers like >> Konqueror >> > or links2. >> >> Aside from the fact that one software really can be more secure than >> another one >> is this the result of an increased usage. The more people use Gecko >> browsers, >> the more bugs can be found willingly or unwillingly. And the more >> people use >> Gecko browsers, the more lucrative is it to find security holes and >> damage >> systems this way. > > Isn't this the same argument Windows weenies use against Linux when > their platform of choice is rightfully chastised for being a complete > and total security nightmare?
Yes. But it's also "more eyes makes shallower bugs". > And most of the time, it's laughed > off...if I'm not mistaken, because of fundamental design differences > between Linux and Windows--e.g. in Windows the vast majority of > software will not run correctly without administrator privileges (yes, > even in Vista) so you have a situation equivalent to running your > desktop environment session as root, which, if more people did, > perhaps we'd have a similar security situation on the Linux desktop? Except that Unix doesn't have VBA (Visual Basic for Applications), which allows for all sorts of scripted nastiness. But yes, running 100% as root would let bad guys install viruses just like in Windows. - -- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson LA USA Give a man a fish, and he eats for a day. Hit him with a fish, and he goes away for good! -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFGqPn1S9HxQb37XmcRAjQ+AKDIeAkQXwK3cmS+ossluMz5AMGp0gCgoCRg AxC0vGTbGuVbR+qEXqpRgl4= =MoUb -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
