full-disclosure - IE is just as safe as FireFox

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From: StuartF at datacom.co.nz (Stuart Fox (DSL AK))
Subject: IE is just as safe as FireFox

>Unfortunatly, ms group policy do not handle mac, solaris, linux, ... 
>only ms toys can be configured using this. I also think it is somewhat 
>new and will probably be old (why don't you use this miracle ms tool 
>named: sorry, this falls under some nda) in a year or so.

It's not somewhat new - it's four years old, and the technology in use was in use in NT 4 systems.  It's the standard method of configuring Windows clients that are members of an Active Directory - and will probably continue to be so.  A year or so won't even see the release of Longhorn, so it certainly won't be "old".

>This mail doesn't mean firefox/mozilla is the greatest tool of the 
>world. It lacks (or my knowledge is too limited) good ldap support (I 
>tryed keeping my netscape config on my ldap directory, mozilla do not 
>seems  to have this feature). 

So that's the answer to my question there: No. 

>Other browsers&mail readers are using a 
>dedicated central config server (I forgot the  name) in order to make 
>them more corporate aware.

People underestimate the importance of the browser being "corporate aware" - being able to centrally control and configure the browser is important.

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