RE: [Full-Disclosure] How big is the danger of IE?

[psz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Paul Szabo)]

Eric Paynter <eric@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>> http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/713878
> 
> The amazing part is that CERT, a vendor-neutral organization who usually
> only provides information about how to secure a product, who does not
> counsel on product choice, has made a recommendation to consider
> alternatives to IE. Have they ever made such a recommendation in the past?
> Certainly not that I'm aware of.

They have the (almost) exact same "drop IE" paragraph in

  http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/413886
  http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/784102

since February 2004. (There used to be an even stronger warning in
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/323070 but it was toned down after the 
release of MS04-013.)

I do not read that as advice on product choice, just a statement of the
technical inadequacy of IE.

Cheers,

Paul Szabo - psz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx  http://www.maths.usyd.edu.au:8000/u/psz/
School of Mathematics and Statistics  University of Sydney   2006  Australia

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