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HTML Frames Considered Harmful

Posted by timothy on from the also-ugly dept.

DLWormwood writes "Secunia has recently issued yet another advisory about web browser vulnerabilities, this time concerning the use of frames in web pages. Originally discovered to be in Internet Explorer, the security experts apparently worked overtime just to make sure the same "flaw" is found in just about every other browser out there. Doesn't this notice simply complain about a specified design feature of frames? (Note their official "advice": "Do not visit or follow links from untrusted websites.")"

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  1. slashdot conspiracy by happyfrogcow · · Score: 0, Redundant

    This should be on the front page, not hidden back in developers, if only to make blind followers of $MY_ALTERNATIVE_BROWSER realize that they too are vulnerable, and not just MS.

    and now to complete the troll: Slashdot editors never argued that they were fair and just in reporting, so why should this be on the front page?


    The following browsers are not affected:
    * Mozilla Firefox 0.9 for Windows
    * Mozilla Firefox 0.9.1 for Windows
    * Mozilla 1.7 for Windows
    * Mozilla 1.7 for Linux

    interesting. what about 0.9x for Linux? it's not explicitly listed as confirmed.