Should IE stay or should IE go?

Opinion
Mar 22, 20051 min

* Internet Explorer vs. Firefox

Should IE stay or should IE go?

By Rodney Thayer

Don’t go ripping out Microsoft’s Internet Explorer just yet.

It certainly has proven vulnerable to attack in the past, and the constant patching to add the latest security updates can be a nuisance. CERT last year even warned people to stop using Internet Explorer. And Mozilla Foundation’s Firefox has been getting a lot of buzz lately – to the tune of 25 million downloads in less than 100 days on the market.

But our testing of both browsers shows that it’s not an easy decision – particularly in an enterprise environment.

To see how the two browsers fared in common attack scenarios, please go to:

https://www.nwfusion.com/reviews/2005/032105ie.html?nlr

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