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State of Colorado Calls Firefox Insecure, IE6 Safe

Posted by timothy on from the sheeps'-bladders-may-be-used-to-prevent-earthquakes dept.

linuxkrn writes "The State of Colorado's Office of Technology (OIT) has set up a work skills website. The problem is that the site says 'DO NOT use FIREFOX or other Browsers besides IE. It has been decided that Mozilla based, non-IE browsers pose a security risk.' (Original emphasis from site.) If the leading IT agency for the State is making these uneducated claims, should the people worry about their other decisions?"

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  1. moderate vs moderate by SgtChaireBourne · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    Secunia states that Firefox3 has less critical issues:
    http://secunia.com/advisories/product/19089/

    While IE6 and IE7 have moderate problems. Making IE less secure:
    http://secunia.com/advisories/product/11/
    http://secunia.com/advisories/product/12366/

    ...

    Bzzt. Thanks for playing

    On your way out go re-read those "moderate" problems on MSIE and compare them to "severe" bugs on other products. Yeah, the MSIE bugs are frequently downplayed in severity.

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