OFFICIAL - Anything but MSIE FTW - Page 3

AboveTheSalt · 18-12-2008, 09:12

There is no doubt that Windows and MSIE are always going to be a more attractive target for anyone trying to develop an "exploit". As you say, they totally dominate the market and are likely to be the software used by any "naive" user who doesn't care about any claimed refinements in OSX, Linux, Firefox, Safari, Opera, etc.

As to MSIE being pants - 99% of browser users neither know nor care whether it is or not; it is available by default on the majority of new systems, broadly speaking it does what people want a browser to do and there is most chance that it will work with any web-site they visit.

Daz · 18-12-2008, 09:41

I used to subscribe to the market share argument, but not as much these days.

Attackers will going for the easiest win with the least effort. Apache on Linux is by far the most common web server setup out there, but it's IIS which is targetted because it's less effort to exploit.

phykell · 18-12-2008, 10:06

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mark

And the fix is out, for those so inclined...

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sec.../ms08-078.mspx

Already been offered it on at least one machine by Windows Update.

I can't even connect to Windows Update this morning for some reason :/

Mark · 18-12-2008, 10:26

I was suffering from that a fair bit yesterday and assumed it was just me.

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Daz The Stig Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Swad! Posts: 10,713	I used to subscribe to the market share argument, but not as much these days. Attackers will going for the easiest win with the least effort. Apache on Linux is by far the most common web server setup out there, but it's IIS which is targetted because it's less effort to exploit. __________________ apt-get moo

18-12-2008, 10:26	#24
Mark Screaming Orgasm Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Newbury Posts: 15,194	I was suffering from that a fair bit yesterday and assumed it was just me.