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Story: Firefox security claims rubbished

Posted by: Onyx Wunsch (Thursday 10 November 2005, 12:11 PM)

FIREFOX NOW HAS MORE FLAWS THAN ANY OTHER BROWSER. THE HEADLINE IS CORRECT.

"According to the report, Firefox contained 25 confirmed vulnerabilities that were disclosed for the Mozilla browsers during the first half of 2005, "the most of any browser studied..."

"In the latest incident, a 16-year-old security researcher ... found three vulnerabilities in the Firefox browser that together could be exploited to run arbitrary code. The incident is the latest black eye for the open-source software project's security image. While vulnerability researchers frequently flogged Microsoft for the number of security holes found in its Internet Explorer browser, Now flaw finders are pinpointing more security holes in Firefox..."

That is NOW.

This was THEN:
"Even with increased popularity, the Firefox Web browser won't face as many security problems as Internet Explorer, according to the president of the Mozilla Foundation."

Hmm. The irony.

Full Talkback thread

Story: Firefox security claims rubbished

Firefox is inherently more secure than many other... Marc Thompson
Here's a perfect example of misdirected journalism... trm1945
We certainly weren't aiming to misdirect anyo... Graeme Wearden
I do find more tracking cookies when useing Firefo... Jim
That's because of the amount of sites you vis... Anonymous
Holy misleading headline Batman! Looks like it say... Anonymous
FIREFOX NOW HAS MORE FLAWS THAN ANY OTHER BROWSER.... Onyx Wunsch

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