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

From: Antonio Vargas (windenntw_at_gmail.com)
Date: 11/20/04

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    To: "Stuart Fox (DSL AK)" <StuartF@datacom.co.nz>
Date: Sat, 20 Nov 2004 10:46:54 +0100

    On 15/11/2004, at 22:50, Stuart Fox ((DSL AK)) wrote:

    >
    > > Can the Firefox settings be controlled centrally?
    > >Yes, and more flexible than IE versions zoo at user computers.
    > Download
    > >a Firefox ZIP (not Firefox_Setup_1.0.exe but Firefox 1.0.zip), unpack
    > it
    > >to R/O share on file server, edit JS configuration files in
    > >.\defaults\pref and .\greprefs, then create a shortcut to firefox.exe
    > on
    > > user desktops. To change FF settings, edit JS configs again. Voila!
    >
    > Can the executable reside on the workstation with the settings stored
    > on the network?  In an ideal world, you'd be able to control the
    > settings via Group Policy (which is how you do it with IE).  I'm not
    > sure your method is any more flexible than using Group Policy to be
    > honest.
    >

    Thats exactly what you DON'T want. If you store the .exe on the client,
    then they can overwrite it with a virus and gain control more easily.
    Sharing read-only from a file server is the real solution.

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