Help Net Security: Does Firefox Really Provide More Security Than Internet Explorer? | Linux Today

Help Net Security: Does Firefox Really Provide More Security Than Internet Explorer?

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
May 24, 2005

[ Thanks to MZ for this link.
]

“Internet Explorer is a graphical web browser made by Microsoft
and comes integrated with Windows. Even though it’s by far the most
widely used browser, since 2004 it slowly began losing popularity
to other browsers like Mozilla Firefox, its Open Source rival
developed by the Mozilla Foundation.

“Microsoft Internet Security Framework brings a wide variety of
security features to IE, features like SSL, PCT (both
public-key-based security protocols are implemented in
Firefox)…”

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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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