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"98 Guy" wrote in message ...
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Opera 9 has the following unpatched vulnerabilities:

http://secunia.com/advisories/36414/

Details:

http://www.opera.com/support/kb/view/929/ (trivial)
http://www.opera.com/support/kb/view/930/ (trivial)
http://www.opera.com/support/kb/view/932/ (trivial)
http://www.opera.com/support/kb/view/934/ (I say trivial)


I wouldn't call either http://www.opera.com/support/kb/view/929/ or
http://www.opera.com/support/kb/view/934/ exactly trivial, though they
aren't critical.


For e-mail and usenet news reading, I use Netscape Communicator 4.79.
For web browsing, I use firefox 2.0.0.20. No known vulnerabilities to
either of those that have been shown to be in circulation or effective
when used in conjunction with Windows 98.

Just as an aside, because obviously users of Win98 will eventually have
few or no options left but to use End Of Life softwa

The fact that vulnerabilities are not reported for Firefox 2.0.0.20 does
not indicate that they don't exist, only that the product is considered
End Of Life and is no longer checked for vulnerabilities, AFAIK. Do you
have any links to show that v.2.0.0.20 is even being tested for any
recent vulnerabilities? Mozilla does not appear to check the old
versions any longer and I see no evidence that any other groups do,
including Secunia. Opera 9.64 is AFAIR only very recently EOL, or else
not EOL till sometime in October....I don't have time right now to look
it up.

Similarly, Communicator 4.79 has been EOL for quite some time, and no
one is checking it for vulnerabilities, so the fact they are not being
reported does not mean they don't exist.
--
Glen Ventura, MS MVP Windows, A+
http://dts-l.net/