Old Browsers and security - Was Re: [thelist] Site review please
Dave Holloway
daveholloway at spamcop.net
Wed Jan 28 17:30:01 CST 2004
Hassan Schroeder wrote:
> OK, let's just say that if I had to bet on where the next browser
> vulnerability shows up, and the choices are NS4.8 and IE6, well...
>
Very true. The next vulnerability *may* show up in IE6.. but people who
actively update their browsers will get the latest bugfixes which will
remove these bugs.(especially if you have windows xp - which does it
automatically). If you never upgrade your browser.. all known
vulnerabilities will still be there.
You can argue until you're blue in the face about it. But its obvious
that newer versions of browsers will have improved on the known flaws in
previous versions.
It is in peoples' interest to upgrade their browsers.
Little Dave
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