[OpenIndiana-discuss] Firefox security

[Gary Driggs]

I see this question asked regularly... Generally speaking, the vast
majority of browser exploits in the wild target windows browsers or
their plugins like Java, Adobe Reader & Flash, or ActiveX. So even if
you're using one of those plugins with a Unix browser (of those
available), you're already protected since the exploits won't run on
your OS if they're even triggered in the first place. In my
experience, I've seen some malware for Android and OS X but there have
been maybe a handful of barely mentionable Linux malware over the
years. So your choice of OS alone has drastically limited your risk
footprint. In my mind, the most compelling reason for maintaining
current versions of Firefox on Solaris & Illumos/OI derivatives is for
feature parity.

-Gary