Re: [in] Re: [Full-Disclosure] IE is just as safe as FireFox

From: Andrew Farmer (andfarm_at_teknovis.com)
Date: 11/19/04

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    To: Xavier Beaudouin <kiwi@oav.net>
Date: Fri, 19 Nov 2004 10:30:44 -0800

    On 19 Nov 2004, at 08:35, Xavier Beaudouin wrote:
    >> Thanks. I thought that it had more meanings :-D
    >>
    >> Given that Firefox is integrated in Linux...

    It isn't.
    >
    <...>
    > Result : Firefox is not integrated in Linux, it is a third party
    > software as /bin/bash or whatever that is given as a giveaway on the
    > computer...

    Even less so. Bash is sometimes used as a component of startup scripts
    (#!/bin/bash...), while Firefox is just a plain old browser.

    In fact, I'm not so sure it's even a component of Nautilus. Is this a
    recent change?

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