While I will not argue the fact that IE has many problems, I will note two things.

1) I use IE at home and at work and have never had any problems with inadvertant spyware being installed and over abundant popups. I think the end user needs to be more educated, not only should they think before they click on that file they just got in email, they should also think before they follow an unknown link.

2) At my job, we have a requirement to use single sign on for our NT domain. This is for both thick and thin clients, and so far, I don't know of any browser program other than IE that will use integrated security with the NT domain. Sure, you can still logon, but being prompted for your username, password and domain over and over it what they don't want, exspecially when its the same information you logged into the computer with in the first place.

So, sure IE and M$ are the devil, but just like alcohol, if used responsibly they can get the job done when necessary.

[ reply ]

Link to this comment: http://www.securityfocus.com/comments/columns/249/26805#26805