>7)BIND 
>> I was going to list that, but I'm sure there are any alternatives. 


djbdns 
MaraDNS 

> IE doesn't seem to have that many more vulnerabilities than 
netscape 
> so I think it's just browsers in general. 

I don't think that's necessarily true for Mozilla.  See  
http://pivx.com/larholm/unpatched/ 

A properly configured IE may be fairly safe, but it a lot of the 
security  bugs tend to bypass IE's built-in security features. 

>  
> >9)Windows Media Player 
>  
> Haven't heard of many problems here, what gives? 
>  

There have been a few, although I'm not sure they would put WMP  on 
the list. 

Here is a small list: 

http://www.secunia.com/advisories/9114/ 
http://www.secunia.com/advisories/8841/ 
http://www.secunia.com/advisories/8742/ 

Some of these require interaction with IE or OE to work properly. 


Cheers! 
Steve Bremer 
NEBCO, Inc. 
System & Security Administrator 


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