I dont agree. Opera is constantly upgrading. Fixes for
vulnerabilities are quick IMO, as compared to the
"other" big browsers. Sure the exploits are there, but
what percentage of the people on the net use these
software products vs. how many people know how to use
these exploits. I think its like catching a virus on
linux... it "could" happen.

Kurt

--- Kevin Hodle <kevinh@aos5.com> wrote:
> If any of you follow bugtraq, you will know that
> opera has had a
> terrible track record of security in its recent
> releases.  I have seen
> exploits with win32 shellcode, but it would be
> trivial to port those
> shellcodes to linux.  Also, since opera has been
> VERY sluggish to fix
> these vulnerabilities, I would say you are using
> this browser at your
> own risk.
>  
> Kevin Hodle
> CCNA, Network+, A+
> Alexander Open Systems
> Network Operations Center
> (913)-307-2367
> kevinh@aos5.com
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: numa@thenuma.com [mailto:numa@thenuma.com] 
> Sent: Thursday, April 03, 2003 9:06 AM
> To: kclug@kclug.org
> Subject: Browsers...
> 
> 
> I am noticing a lot of recommendations for browsers
> to use in Linux.  We
> all have to first agree that netscape is, well,
> dated.  A lot of us use
> Mozilla, however, according to the new roadmap, moz
> is dead.  Phoenix,
> it appears, will supercede the old netscape core. 
> Great, Phoenix is a
> rocket.  HOWEVER, IE, has become quite entrenched,
> and there are some
> sites that really suck with phoenix/moz.
> 
> You all might consider giving opera a spin once
> again, it is fast,
> standards compliant, and, runs sites that are IE
> specific like a bat out
> of hell.
> 
> Just my thoughts.  Kris Bodenheimer
> 
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