kaled - 9:51 am on Sep 13, 2005 (gmt 0)

Essentially, IE is insecure because is linked closely to the operating system and because is supports Active X controls which are a hacker's dream come true.

Firefox is just another program. In theory, it should be 100% secure.

Vulnerabilities in FF are generally the result of bugs (coding errors) but vulnerabilities in IE are often the result of architecture/design as well as bugs.

Fixing design problems is much more difficult than fixing coding errors - to a large extent, this is the reason why FF fixes are often available in days but IE fixes can take months and recommended workarounds are often huge and blunt (like disabling javascript).

Kaled.