OSNews: http://www.osnews.com/story/22748/German_Government_Warns_Against_Using_Internet_Explorer Exploring the Future of Computing en-us Copyright 2001-2013, David Adams adam+nospam@osnews.com Fri, 24 May 2013 07:42:51 GMT http://www.osnews.com/images/osnews.gif OSNews.com http://www.osnews.com French Government, also. http://www.osnews.com/thread?404528 http://www.osnews.com/thread?404528 The French government has also made a similar recommendation:

http://www.lemonde.fr/technologies/article/2010/01/17/la-france-et-...

Exploit code is now available:

http://www.darkreading.com/vulnerability_management/security/attack... Mon, 18 Jan 2010 00:14:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (lemur2) Comments Comment by Chris Nillissen http://www.osnews.com/thread?404534 http://www.osnews.com/thread?404534 Google: "We have a better browser than Microsoft, not that our employees are using it." LOL!

I am sure that Google are capitalising on this situation a little bit. Mon, 18 Jan 2010 00:32:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Chris Nillissen) Comments RE: Comment by Chris Nillissen http://www.osnews.com/thread?404550 http://www.osnews.com/thread?404550 And the F/OSS movement too, enjoy!

at this pace, in 3 years, we will see similar recommendation about dropping Windows (XP or all, who know). The more fragmented the market will be, the better interoperability will get, even if this statement look ridiculous. Mon, 18 Jan 2010 01:49:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Elv13) Comments Funny... Very funny... http://www.osnews.com/thread?404551 http://www.osnews.com/thread?404551 Naturally the German Government, and others, suddenly realized what we all know for years.

The funny part is Microsoft "rejected the warning" that is directed to all public offices, in the fastest way to reach them.

It would be even funnier to see Microsoft to sue the German government for disclosing an internal note in a public way and thus creating an image loss to Microsoft (accountable) even if under conditions created by Microsoft".

Isn't that the basis of many (heavy contenders) "law" suits?
We also know the answer is both yes, no and maybe.
But is nonetheless funny how the even Governments notes are rejected just because they WILL be listened by the average user.

Delicious!Edited 2010-01-18 02:09 UTC Mon, 18 Jan 2010 02:05:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (dulac) Comments RE[2]: Comment by Chris Nillissen http://www.osnews.com/thread?404564 http://www.osnews.com/thread?404564 I bet they realized the fact that there are plenty of exploits packs there targeting IE only. These basically do drive by download so the loser won't notice a thing except he got p0wned.

IE is loser shit but still Eu is a joke with that trial that Microsoft removes it from the winsack c0re. You see with the kind of money Microsoft has they can ROFL on EU laws for years as they do this since what ~2003 when the whole thing started to drop that junk out of their OS?

I'm not impressed from google chrome either, FF rulez. Keep pushing throwing out IE from winsuck tho cause I live to see the day when that actually happens.Edited 2010-01-18 03:51 UTC Mon, 18 Jan 2010 03:40:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (xaeropower) Comments available? http://www.osnews.com/thread?404577 http://www.osnews.com/thread?404577 Is the original official recommendation available online? Mon, 18 Jan 2010 08:12:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (r0b0) Comments RE[3]: Comment by Chris Nillissen http://www.osnews.com/thread?404580 http://www.osnews.com/thread?404580 "winsack", "winsuck", "p0wn", "loser sh*t", "rulez" and a generally childish attitude on top of it all... Do I even need to say more? Mon, 18 Jan 2010 08:39:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (WereCatf) Comments RE[2]: Comment by Chris Nillissen http://www.osnews.com/thread?404581 http://www.osnews.com/thread?404581
And the F/OSS movement too, enjoy!


Why? Believe it or not, most of the F/OSS movement couldn't care less about Microsoft or its products.

And there is generally something very obnoxious to seek pleasure from the failures of others. Mon, 18 Jan 2010 08:48:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (strcpy) Comments RE: available? http://www.osnews.com/thread?404583 http://www.osnews.com/thread?404583 https://www.bsi.bund.de/cln_183/ContentBSI/presse/Pressemitteilungen...
(you need to know german) Mon, 18 Jan 2010 08:53:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Hisoka999) Comments IE 6 http://www.osnews.com/thread?404584 http://www.osnews.com/thread?404584 If you use a web browser released in 2001, you get what you bargained for.

Same goes to any other browser. To balance the sheets: Firefox 1.1 was released in 2005!

EDIT: okay, my apologies, after some digging I realized that other versions were affected too (though Metasploit only released an exploit for IE6).

Good advice from the the Register interview too:


We've said it before, and given the particulars of this vulnerability, we'll say it again: security measures like DEP and ASLR, or address space layout randomization, matter. As ugly as this vulnerability is - to say nothing of its ability to remain undetected for nine years - the fact that Windows 7 and IE 8 were able to withstand the "highly sophisticated" attacks that felled Google is testament that Microsoft is making significant progress.
Edited 2010-01-18 09:00 UTC Mon, 18 Jan 2010 08:57:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (strcpy) Comments RE: Funny... Very funny... http://www.osnews.com/thread?404591 http://www.osnews.com/thread?404591 I wonder, whether Microsoft if seriously considering exiting German market altogether, due to the unprecedented government interference with their business... Mon, 18 Jan 2010 10:39:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (mithnae) Comments RE[2]: Funny... Very funny... http://www.osnews.com/thread?404592 http://www.osnews.com/thread?404592
I wonder, whether Microsoft if seriously considering exiting German market altogether, due to the unprecedented government interference with their business...


Why would Microsoft do Germany such a big favour?Edited 2010-01-18 10:41 UTC Mon, 18 Jan 2010 10:41:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (lemur2) Comments RE[3]: Funny... Very funny... http://www.osnews.com/thread?404595 http://www.osnews.com/thread?404595 so they could concentrate all their efforts here in the UK as the NuLab gov is so in love with Microsoft.
Blair was in love with Gates and Broone seems to think Balmer can do no wrong. Mon, 18 Jan 2010 10:55:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (shotsman) Comments RE: Funny... Very funny... http://www.osnews.com/thread?404596 http://www.osnews.com/thread?404596 It is not the first time that BSI ("german government") recommends not to use Internet Explorer.

They did it several times before.

The new thing is that now IE 7 and 8 are out and they are still insecure. Mon, 18 Jan 2010 11:21:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Ford Prefect) Comments show me a secure web browser http://www.osnews.com/thread?404608 http://www.osnews.com/thread?404608 Can anyone show me a secure web browser?

One that doesn't regularly have security related bugs reported for it? Mon, 18 Jan 2010 14:14:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (jessta) Comments RE: show me a secure web browser http://www.osnews.com/thread?404611 http://www.osnews.com/thread?404611 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Links_(web_browser) has very little. Mon, 18 Jan 2010 14:36:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (righard) Comments People don't care http://www.osnews.com/thread?404613 http://www.osnews.com/thread?404613 In the grand scheme of things most people are gonna keep right on using IE. Mon, 18 Jan 2010 14:45:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (systyrant) Comments RE: Funny... Very funny... http://www.osnews.com/thread?404732 http://www.osnews.com/thread?404732
Naturally the German Government, and others, suddenly realized what we all know for years.


No. Governments don't realize things. They don't realize anything. That's not their nature. :-)

Furthermore, not using insecure and outdated PC software products will make it very hard for the upcoming "Bundestrojaner" (translated: "Federal Trojan") to become available on all PCs in the FRG so the government can easily spy on the people. :-)

The funny part is Microsoft "rejected the warning" that is directed to all public offices, in the fastest way to reach them.


This is just a friendly advice. Just imagine if all the administrative offices on federal, state, community and municipal level would stop using "Internet Explorer". All their fine and expensively taylored applications would stop working! :-)

But is nonetheless funny how the even Governments notes are rejected just because they WILL be listened by the average user.


Listen: Yes. Believe: No. :-) Mon, 18 Jan 2010 20:41:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Doc Pain) Comments IE and w3 standards http://www.osnews.com/thread?404865 http://www.osnews.com/thread?404865 As soon as IE respcts w3 standards I will stop putting my users to FF. Fact is that IE is a horror-trip for webdesigners, you need loads of workarounds to make it look similar to a site written for w3-standards. Tue, 19 Jan 2010 08:36:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Janvl) Comments Using other web browsers will be safe ? http://www.osnews.com/thread?404871 http://www.osnews.com/thread?404871 If a country like China are behind the hacking of Google, do you think changing your web browser will make you safe ?

I think they should hire more intelligent people into German Government. Tue, 19 Jan 2010 09:56:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (funny_irony) Comments