The main business reason to stick with IE is the ability to completely configure all aspects of its operation via Group Policy. No can't get that with the other browsers.
t On 3/31/06 10:17 AM, "Shaffer, Bruce" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> spoketh to all: > I have often wondered about where these sites are myself. > > As to the security debate of Mozilla vs. IE, at this point in time I > believe that using Mozilla over IE for security purposes is simply an > exercise in security through obscurity which, as we all know, is only > secure while it is obscure. Now that obscurity is gone, we are seeing > more and more hits on Mozilla. I haven't seen any business advantages > to using either one over the other, any way it goes you still have > users. > > Bruce Shaffer > CISSP > Information Security Engineer, STG. > -B- > > -----Original Message----- > From: Murad Talukdar [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, March 30, 2006 8:40 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: New IE flaw and exploit sites/migration to non-MS browser > > Does anyone know if there is a public list available that has details of > sites which seek to exploit vulnerabilities in IE 6 etc? I read articles > where people say things like, "experts say that there are almost two > hundred > websites which are exploiting the newly disclosed flaw...blah blah > (FUD?)..," > > Where do these people get these numbers from and where do they get the > info > on the malicious sites from too? > > On a related note--how many people have initiated a move away from IE to > Firefox/Opera etc in a corporate environment, due to the perception(is > it > JUST a perception or reality based?) that IE is less secure/more prone > to > exploits? > > Kind Regards > Murad Talukdar > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > --- > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > --- > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
