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[DJGM]

The security holes in Internet Explorer for Windows widen even further, this time
the latest vulnerability involves webpages that use frames. Users of IE5.5 and 6.0,
particularly the latter, are affected by this problem. What makes things worse, is
that not just the fact that no fix is yet available, but the fact that any fix is not
included in Service Pack 1 for IE6.0. More info in The Register article below . . .

IE 6 SP1 omits fixes for 20 outstanding flaws
http://theregister.co.uk/content/55/27048.html

(When will 90% of internet users worldwide realise their browser is so dangerous?!?)


UserAgent: Mozilla/5.0 (BeOS; U; BeOS BePC; en-US; rv:1.1) Gecko/20020901

[Josh]

That's why friends don't let friends use Windows MSIE. DJGM, does the Mac MSIE have the same problems as Windows MSIE?

UserAgent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1)

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Josh
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[DJGM]

As far as I'm aware, the Mac version of IE doesn't have the exact same
security holes as it's Windows counterpart. Of course, I'm sure that it
does have some security bugs of it's own, although such bugs are
rarely as widely reported as the security bugs in IE for Windows.

Mind you, if the Mac version of IE had the exact same security holes in
it, as the Windows version, I would have put something more like 95%
in that last line of my previous message, instead of 90%.

Mac versions of IE are usually updated by incremental point upgrades, to
fix any serious bugs, security related or otherwise, as opposed to the way
the Windows versions of IE is updated, with patches and Service Packs.

(UPDATE: Mega security vulnerability in Microsoft products for Macs!
All current versions of Microsoft Windows also affected by this vuln!
http://macworld.co.uk/news/main_news.cfm?NewsID=5223)

Of course, if an estimated 96% of internet users worldwide are using some
version of IE as their primary browser, then at least 90% of internet users
worldwide, are likely to using the Windows versions of IE. The remainder
of that 96% are using IE for Mac, and the HPUX + Solaris variants of Unix.

Mind you, I think the recently quoted 96% usage share for IE could well be
an over-inflated statistic, due to other browsers with UA spoofing facilities,
seeing as Opera spoofs an IE5 UA by default, plus the UAbar add-on you
can now install into Mozilla and Netscape, with IE UA spoofing included.

UserAgent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.0.1) Gecko/20020823 Netscape/7.0 (CK-DJGM-i.net)

[Shark Daddy]

[Antony]

[Josh]

[DJGM]

[Fulvio]

My theory has been that as long as a browser will dominate, it will take a critical as well as physical beating. How many viruses are created for Linux, or Macs? Not because they are inherently more secure. And, why is so little heard about Netscape/Mozilla security holes? Because those creeps out there do not even understand them, or if they do, they feel that there is no point in causing damage to a few.
I also feel that if Netscape will get the upper hand, reversing the trend, there will be viruses out there, and someone will find security holes.

UserAgent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Win98; en-US; rv:1.0.1) Gecko/20020826

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