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Test your browser's safety (according to Microsoft)

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Re: Test your browser's safety (according to Microsoft)

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Post by dlikhten »

barista wrote: post #14
dubcanada wrote: post #11

What a load of garbage "Does the browser benefit from Windows Operating System features that protect against arbitrary data execution? Does the browser benefit from Windows Operating System features that randomize the memory layout to make it harder for attackers to find their target?" I got a checkmark on both those. Yet I'm running Mac. I also got an "X" on "Does the browser help protect you from websites that are…

I think the site is about browsers running on Microsoft's OS. Microsoft doesn't need to worry or evaluate browsers on other operating systems. They only want people who are already running windows to evaluate if they are running a safe browser thats it.

Shows that their test is either shit, or misnamed. If their test is shit that means that this is looking for flags, badly. If it is misnamed that means that they are trying to see if they can execute a specific attack, which fails in osx good i guess...

Re: Test your browser's safety (according to Microsoft)

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Post by Locke1689 »

dubcanada wrote: post #11

What a load of garbage "Does the browser benefit from Windows Operating System features that protect against arbitrary data execution? Does the browser benefit from Windows Operating System features that randomize the memory layout to make it harder for attackers to find their target?" I got a checkmark on both those. Yet I'm running Mac. I also got an "X" on "Does the browser help protect you from websites that are…

Does the browser benefit from Windows Operating System features that protect against arbitrary data execution? Does the browser benefit from Windows Operating System features that randomize the memory layout to make it harder for attackers to find their target?

If you're on OS X, then yes, both features are available to you. They're called non-executable stack and ASLR. MS did the correct thing by giving you credit for those features.

Re: Test your browser's safety (according to Microsoft)

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Post by InclinedPlane »

This is essentially a measure of how much turd polishing has been applied to your browser. To people who think that furious effort mummifying design faults with a flurry of band-aids is a good substitute for fundamental design quality and objective, external results this is fantastic. To people who think otherwise this is decidedly underwhelming.

Re: Test your browser's safety (according to Microsoft)

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Post by Acen »

barista wrote: post #13
kevinalexbrown wrote: post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

yeah man, that OS is so unsafe. Better get some Windows!

Thats not the point. Its Microsoft. Why do you think they care if you run any operating system other than theirs? The point of the website. is: If you are running windows, see how safe your browser is.

The point of the website. is: If you are running Windows, see how safe our browser is and ignore the other browsers because they're obviously of a lesser value with lower levels of security.
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