Mark Holtz
07-31-05, 11:58 AM
From MozillaZine:
More Security Flaws in Firefox Than IE This Year
dazzle writes: "Computer Weekly is reporting that Firefox has had more flaws found in it this year than Internet Explorer."
The report in the UK-based IT trade publication states: "There have now been more flaws in the Firefox browser this year than in Microsoft's Internet Explorer." It does not give a source for this statistic but it may be relying on data from a security advisory service such as Secunia. The 2005 Secunia vulnerability report for Firefox 1.x states that there have been seventeen security flaws in Firefox this year, while the 2005 Secunia vulnerability report for Internet Explorer 6.x includes only nine advisories. There are more unpatched IE vulnerabilites though, and it should be noted that not all security flaws are equally severe.
FULL ARTICLE HERE (http://www.mozillazine.org/talkback.html?article=7059)
To me, it sounds like more like manipulating the statistics than anything else. Maybe it's just me, but it seems like Mozilla seems to be faster at resolving the security issues than Microsoft.
More Security Flaws in Firefox Than IE This Year
dazzle writes: "Computer Weekly is reporting that Firefox has had more flaws found in it this year than Internet Explorer."
The report in the UK-based IT trade publication states: "There have now been more flaws in the Firefox browser this year than in Microsoft's Internet Explorer." It does not give a source for this statistic but it may be relying on data from a security advisory service such as Secunia. The 2005 Secunia vulnerability report for Firefox 1.x states that there have been seventeen security flaws in Firefox this year, while the 2005 Secunia vulnerability report for Internet Explorer 6.x includes only nine advisories. There are more unpatched IE vulnerabilites though, and it should be noted that not all security flaws are equally severe.
FULL ARTICLE HERE (http://www.mozillazine.org/talkback.html?article=7059)
To me, it sounds like more like manipulating the statistics than anything else. Maybe it's just me, but it seems like Mozilla seems to be faster at resolving the security issues than Microsoft.