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Comment Re:Unbelievable (Score 1) 1651

by rogue555 on Tuesday October 10, 2006 @11:23PM (#16387775) Attached to: Hans Reiser Arrested On Suspicion of Murder

Well, it did start a rousing discussion about whether it was appropriate to do so. And apparently, that is worth discussing

Browser Vulnerability Study Unkind to Firefox 253

Posted by timothy on Monday September 25, 2006 @01:17PM from the still-beats-IE-on-my-linux-boxes dept.

Browser Buddy writes "A new Symantec study on browser vulnerabilities covering the first half of 2006 has some surprising conclusions. It turns out that Firefox leads the pack with 47 vulnerabilities, compared to 38 for Internet Explorer. From Ars Technica's coverage: 'In addition to leading the pack in sheer number of vulnerabilities, Firefox also showed the greatest increase in number, as the popular open-source browser had only logged 17 during the previous reporting period. IE saw an increase of just over 50 percent, from 25; Safari doubled its previous six; and Opera was the only one of the four browsers monitored that actually saw a decrease in vulnerabilities, from nine to seven.' Firefox still leads the pack when it comes to patching though, with only a one-day window of vulnerability."

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