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The Fox

Shortly before I left for Sumatra I came across a change I wanted to make to the MAF network here in Shell. However, I've learned never to make big changes, or even small ones, to a working system in the days before I leave town, even if I'm only going to be gone for a day or two. Last night I had the chance to make the change I wanted to using the directions at this page. Given all the security issues with the Internet Exploder, er, I mean Internet Explorer web browser, I've recently grown very unhappy with it. The browser on the PC at home that my two boys use has been hijacked, and is a mess. I really haven't felt like spending hours to clean it up, so I've been having them use Mozilla Firefox. The Firefox web browser has been steadily eating into Microsoft's share of broser users, something that brings a smile to my face. I've been using the Macintosh version of Firefox since summer of '04. In the past few months HCJB has required the use of Firefox, and is blocking Internet Explorer on their LANs as a way to minimize the security risks posed by its use. So last night I tweaked the proxy server on my linux machine, and in less than ten minutes had it configured to block the use of Internet Explorer. Too cool! I've temporarily set things back the way they were, and today I'll be sending out an e-mail to my network users letting them know that Internet Exploder's days are numbered on our network! If you're still not using the Firefox browser, what are you waiting for?