Err... I mean 5 months and counting....
Steve
On Jan 30, 2005, at 11:25 PM, Stephen Jonke wrote:
Just to provide a counter point.... Firefox is often touted for being more secure than Internet Explorer for Windows, and that is certainly true given what we know of the flaws existing in it now. But has the Firefox development team demonstrated the ability to patch security flaws in a timely fashion? The answer is, so far, NO. Take a look at Firefox's report on Secunia.com (they track security flaws in a large number of software) and you'll find that not even one known security flaw has been addressed fully, and only one has been only partly resolved. Included in the list of unpatched security flaws is the very first one which was listed in August of 2004. Not even a partial fix yet. In the mean time Apple has time and again patched all security flaws found in Safari in rapid fashion. Indeed as of today, there are no known security flaws remaining in Safari. What flaws reside in Firefox that haven't been found yet, and when they are found, how long will it take the Firefox developers to address them? So far it takes 4 months and counting. Mind you, this can't compare to Microsoft's record with Internet Explorer which includes a "highly critical" flaw from August of *2003* that remains unpatched, and milder flaws even from 2002 that are unpatched, but it sure isn't anything to be proud of and makes me question the claims that open source is inherently more secure. Firefox doesn't show that to be true.
http://secunia.com/
Steve
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