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Upgrading and patching Firefox: Security considerations for administrators

By Serdar Yegulalp (24 Oct 2005)

Mozilla's Firefox, a rival to Microsoft's IE, is more secure and easier to use, some say. But administering it in a large organization is a definite problem and has discouraged some deployments. In this tip, Serdar Yegulalp examines ways for administrators to keep Firefox updated and secure.

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>> Firefox 1.5 gets the sniff test (SearchSecurity.com) 03 Oct 2005
>> Firefox 1.0.7 fixes security holes (SearchSecurity.com) 21 Sep 2005
>> New security hole in Firefox (SearchSecurity.com) 13 Sep 2005
>> Letter #1: Firefox is the trustworthy choice (SearchWindowsSecurity.com) 31 May 2005
>> Letter #2: Firefox will never be as big a target as IE (SearchWindowsSecurity.com) 31 May 2005
>> Letter #6: Firefox more easily configured for security (SearchWindowsSecurity.com) 31 May 2005
>> Firefox vs. Internet Explorer: Our readers choose sides (SearchWindowsSecurity.com) 31 May 2005
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