[lug] how secure is Netscape 6.x?

[Hugh Brown]

Probably already been said (I haven't read through all of my messages
yet), but I have found galeon to be a wonderful browser (so mozilla
isn't bad by ancestry).  It does still crash occasionally but no more
often than Netscape did.  I find the java plugin support a bit flakey at
times and occasionally I have to go to Netscape 4.x to get certain
things to render.  One of my favorite things about galeon is a little
number box in the toolbars that allows me to increase the font on the
fly.

Hugh

On Sat, 2002-02-09 at 14:54, qqq1one @yahoo.com wrote:
> OK, so not even NS 4 was ever OS'd.  Well, do BLUGers recommend mozilla
> then?  Or perhaps Konqueror instead?  I'm looking for a safe (as in
> secure), stable browser that works on all web features (excluding
> MS-only features, of course).
> 
> --- trentjarvi at yahoo.com wrote:
> > On Sat, 9 Feb 2002, qqq1one @yahoo.com wrote:
> > 
> > > Just wondering.  NS 4.x was open source, correct?  Not so of NS
> > 6.x,
> > > right?  I know it's based on mozilla, which is OS, but AOL/Netscape
> > has
> > > changed code and not released it, no?
> > > 
> > > What I getting at is, if there's an exploitable bug, are we or are
> > we
> > > not as likely to hear about it along with a patch forthcoming?  
> > Anybody?
> > > 
> > 
> > There never was an open source Netscape as far as I know.  Yes its a 
> > spawn from Mosaic as was IE.  They handed the code base over to 
> > mozilla.org which is not AOL.  I'm sure some people hacking on
> > mozilla 
> > locally would be glad to agree.  Very responsible actions if you ask
> > me.
> > 
> > I'm sure there are legal issues that prevent netscape from being open
> > 
> > source (third party packages).  They did well just in making it
> > possible 
> > to hand mozilla back to the community.
> > 
> > If you want source review and timely patches support mozilla.org.
> > 
> > -- 
> > Trent Jarvi
> > trentjarvi at yahoo.com
> >