Security
Again, connected in part to my new business enterprise I have been re-evaluating my approach to online security. This has resulted in 2 changes.
Firstly I have been trying out the FireFox 0.9.1 internet browser. Initial impressions are good. It does appear to me as a little slower than Microsoft's IE6 (on my Athlon 700Mhz machine) though, but by no means to the extent of rendering it as unusable. I like it's plain simple layout and the use of "Tabbed" browsing is a real boon. Hopefully it will be more secure than the security hole riddled carcass that is IE6.
Secondly, I have availed myself of my current employer's generous free copy of McAfee's VirusScan Enterprise for use on employee's home computers. I say free but as we have over 130,000 employee's worldwide I'm sure McAfee are making a tidy packet on the licensing of our work computers (or maybe not as most of our jobs have moved to China where software piracy is practically the law).
posted by Ricky Dee at
1:18 PM
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I spoke too soon. A vunerability has been found (7th July) and a new version 0.9.2 released on 8th July. That'll wipe the smile off Linux geeks/MS haters particularly my former IT support guy at work, Bruce.
No matter how fast it was fixed there was still a hole. I continue to evaluate it's usefulness though. It is definitely slower than IE6 (a BIG negative), it renders most pages beautifully, but is not compatible with my Spread Betting site. Tabbed browsing is nice as is the download manager. I still need to see if I can use it for my online banking etc.
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Ricky Dee, at 10 July 2004 11:01
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