What are the specific differences with respect to security?
2006-10-30 06:15:19 · 8 answers · asked by Padhu 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Security
The United States Computer Emergency Readiness Team says it pretty well:
"There are a number of significant vulnerabilities in technologies related to the IE domain/zone security model,...ActiveX (etc)...It is possible to reduce exposure to these vulnerabilities by using a different web browser"
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/713878
Because IE7 is 100% unpatched, it's easier to steal your ID etc
http://secunia.com/graph/?type=sol&period=all&prod=12366
Proof of insecurity:
http://secunia.com/Internet_Explorer_Arbitrary_Content_Disclosure_Vulnerability_Test/
On top of this, IE7 supports web standards very poorly and this drives up the cost of web developing, leaving us consumers ultimately paying the bill.
Compare the results of the web standards test:
The test results are suppose to look like this:
http://common.ziffdavisinternet.com/util_get_image/13/0,1425,sz=1&i=133648,00.jpg
Firefox 2 results (admittedly, not perfect):
http://common.ziffdavisinternet.com/util_get_image/13/0,1425,sz=1&i=133649,00.jpg
IE7 results (Horrible!!!):
http://common.ziffdavisinternet.com/util_get_image/13/0,1425,sz=1&i=133650,00.jpg
Opera results (perfect):
http://common.ziffdavisinternet.com/util_get_image/13/0,1425,sz=1&i=133651,00.jpg
You can try the test here to see that I'm not bu11 sh1ting you:
http://www.webstandards.org/files/acid2/test.html
2006-10-30 22:18:06 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
IE 7 with this caveat. You must be running XP Pro with SP2 or be a Vista beta tester for IE 7 to be the best choice.
2006-10-30 06:49:02 · answer #2 · answered by oklatom 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well, I dont use IE, I strictly use firefox. Along with AVGfree edition, you have a pretty strong firewall/thingy
2006-10-30 06:18:42 · answer #3 · answered by cored_15 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Firefox.
However, if you tweak the features and disable things like ActiveX and third-party cookies on IE, you may be able to get something quite interesting.
2006-10-30 08:37:30 · answer #4 · answered by Bernz 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I do not use either one. I like IE 6.
2006-10-30 06:56:00 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Firefox is the best, it has a lot of extensions as well
2006-10-30 06:17:43 · answer #6 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
CNET has compared them and FireFox won in all catagories.
2006-10-30 06:19:05 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
foxfox and noscripts
2006-10-30 15:53:37 · answer #8 · answered by dale n 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋