HP has put out a red alert for users of the Netscape browser on HP-UX, saying this software pairing could result in no less than total destruction.

HP customers have been strongly urged to remove Netscape and install Mozilla on HP-UX 11, 11.11, 11.22 and 11.23. The continued use of Netscape on HP's operating system could result in "denial of service attacks, information leaks, unauthorized access and remote unauthorized code execution." Not a pleasant list. Along with its warning (http://www4.itrc.hp.com/service/cki/docDisplay.do?admit=-938907319+1088786223766+28353475&docId=HPSBUX0202-182), HP has dropped support for Netscape on HP-UX.

This move by HP is no shocker since much more attention (http://www.theregister.co.uk/2003/07/16/aol_kills_netscape/) is being paid these days to Mozilla - the open source basis of Netscape. Mozilla for HP-UX is available here (http://www.hp.com/products1/unix/java/mozilla/index.html). ®

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