Wednesday, March 16, 2005
How to read security news, part 2
Or, how to make it as a lazy security writer.
A lazy travel writer, an old joke says, can always start an article by saying "Mumblestan is a land of contradictions". That always works because everyplace is a "land of contradictions".
A lazy security writer can always say "Mumblesoft will not solve your security problems". Nothing will ever "solve" your security problems. All you can do with security problems is manage them.
Lately there have been articles pointing out that Firefox has (gasp!) security problems. Those articles are answering the wrong question. The question you need to ask is whether Firefox will give you a better experience than Internet Explorer. (The answer is "%$@^#!!, YES!").
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A lazy travel writer, an old joke says, can always start an article by saying "Mumblestan is a land of contradictions". That always works because everyplace is a "land of contradictions".
A lazy security writer can always say "Mumblesoft will not solve your security problems". Nothing will ever "solve" your security problems. All you can do with security problems is manage them.
Lately there have been articles pointing out that Firefox has (gasp!) security problems. Those articles are answering the wrong question. The question you need to ask is whether Firefox will give you a better experience than Internet Explorer. (The answer is "%$@^#!!, YES!").