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Don't Hit That Back Button

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the burn-your-bridges dept.

Saint Aardvark writes: "From the Bugtraq mailing list comes this warning: 'Using the Back Button in IE is dangerous'. When hitting the back button, javascript links will be executed in the security zone of the last url viewed. Proof-of-concept included in the warning will execute minesweeper or read your Google cookies."

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  1. Oh good grief! by Chas · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    *Pause*

    *DEEP BREATH!*

    *SIGH!*

    And people wonder why the hell I turn off Java and Javascript....

    And it will until the dubious day that M$ gets its "shiznatz" straight.

    But NOOO! It's SO much "cooler" to have a bunch of javascript crap in your page just to make it that much harder to browse!

    Security my 3X wide, high-arched, hairy-toed, bunioned FOOT!

    --


    Chas - The one, the only.
    THANK GOD!!!
  2. Re:Go Mozilla! by MrBlue+VT · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Opera is much faster than either IE or Mozilla. It just blazes.