full-disclosure - IE is just as safe as FireFox

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Message-ID: <20041112015045.0c744b82@willow.eelf.ddts.net>
From: dbharris at eelf.ddts.net (David B Harris)
Subject: IE is just as safe as FireFox

On Thu, 11 Nov 2004 19:18:55 -0500
Danny <nocmonkey@...il.com> wrote:
> Yes, IE security needs work. Yes, Firefox is a great web browser.
> 
> However, if Firefox or any other browser had the same market share as
> IE, would it really be that much more secure? There sure would be a
> lot more people trying to find holes in Firefox if it had the same
> user base.

... because as soon as you hit 50% marketshare, the quality of the code
which has been written and distributed instantaneously and magically
drops and order of magnitude ...

</sarcasm>

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