TechWorld: Now HP Says Ditch Netscape

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Jul 2, 2004

“Internet Explorer isn’t the only browser companies are being
urged to drop due to ongoing security problems. Hewlett-Packard is
now also recommending users erase AOL’s Netscape browser from their
hard drives due to a hair-raising list of ‘potential’
vulnerabilities allowing denials of service, information leaks,
unauthorised access and remote malicious code execution.

“In an advisory issued on Monday, HP said it will no longer
support Netscape for its HP-UX version of Unix, and urged users to
switch to Mozilla, the open-source project on which Netscape is
based…”

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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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