Ive been waiting for something like this to surface. When you have a company such as Microsoft that has its own browser and they are as big as they are, I just dont see how anyone can compete with them. And just because Opera is lower than them all, that doesnt mean anything, well it does, and thats is, no one hardly uses it so why try to make some money off of it? Every time MS issues a patch to is OS or Browser, its just that much more secure than it was. FF is full of screwed up code that needs to be fixed, which is what MS has been doing for years. Just because its not used much doesnt make it safe, its a sitting time bomb, once it gains market share its history. With it being new, there are all kind of goodies for them to exploit. But with each patch FF issues, it becomes more secure but everyone of them are YEARS behind MS. As we seen in Pwn2Own, all the broswers get hacked. And really just becuase one gets hacked faster than another doest really mean anything. 3 seconds or 3 hours, they are all exploited, can be exploited and will always be exploited. Some more than others as you see in the article below. And FF still has that memory leak since its introduction. Everyone lived without FF before it came out and with all its shiny extensions so they can do it now. Its not going to make or break your internet browsing experience. I absolutely hate it when I see that someone uses FF on my network, on my laptops, on my desktops and the versions are so old and they have MANY patches that need to be installed, they are sitting ducks and I have to clean it up when something happens. And in my line of work, they all need to be Admins on their machines. And to think about all those companies that ditched IE in favor of FF, I feel sorry for them, with no central patch management, deployment process, its a mess. With IE, you get them on the second Tuesday of every month. Depending on how severe an exploit is, usually MS will issue an out of cycle patch but not always.
Yes other browsers may load a page faster but why compromise faster page loads with security? And whats 1/2 a second anyways?
FF has more pretty extensions than anyone else, buy why compromise extensions with security?
Just think of how many extentions are being exploited or can be exploited, its a lot. Here is an article about just that. Some Firefox extensions may be exploited to install malware | IT Security | TechRepublic.com
I counted 10919 Extentions for FF, some might be dups in different categories, but anyways, how many of them can be exploited? No one really knows but Im not willing to take a wager on it. And that NoScript extension cant save you all from everything such as the XSLT vuln that was used in Pwn2OWn.
We can visit this thread in a year and see where we are with the browsers again and if anything has changed.
But again, the best browser is the browser that fits you, but that doesnt make it the best browser out there. I think security should be on everyones mind and to base their decision around that, not on page loads, extentions, tabs, etc. Browsers are built around code, all and any code can be exploited, its just a fact of code. Just because there isnt an exploit today, doesnt mean they wont figure it out tomorrow just because the missed a character or ) or > or . or =
Is it Time to Reconsider Firefox?
With Firefox having 44% of all reported browser vulnerabilities in the first half of the year, this guy wants to know if it is time to reconsider using Firefox.
Yes other browsers may load a page faster but why compromise faster page loads with security? And whats 1/2 a second anyways?
FF has more pretty extensions than anyone else, buy why compromise extensions with security?
Just think of how many extentions are being exploited or can be exploited, its a lot. Here is an article about just that. Some Firefox extensions may be exploited to install malware | IT Security | TechRepublic.com
I counted 10919 Extentions for FF, some might be dups in different categories, but anyways, how many of them can be exploited? No one really knows but Im not willing to take a wager on it. And that NoScript extension cant save you all from everything such as the XSLT vuln that was used in Pwn2OWn.
We can visit this thread in a year and see where we are with the browsers again and if anything has changed.
But again, the best browser is the browser that fits you, but that doesnt make it the best browser out there. I think security should be on everyones mind and to base their decision around that, not on page loads, extentions, tabs, etc. Browsers are built around code, all and any code can be exploited, its just a fact of code. Just because there isnt an exploit today, doesnt mean they wont figure it out tomorrow just because the missed a character or ) or > or . or =
Is it Time to Reconsider Firefox?
With Firefox having 44% of all reported browser vulnerabilities in the first half of the year, this guy wants to know if it is time to reconsider using Firefox.
A report by security vendor Cenzic has pegged the popular open source Firefox Web browser right at the top in terms of the total reported vulnerabilities. According to Cenzic, Firefox garnered 44 percent of all reported browser vulnerabilities in the first half of this year. This is in contrast to Safari, which commanded 35 percent and Internet Explorer's 15 percent. Fourth-place Opera garnered just 6 percent of reported flaws.
