From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lina.host4u.net ([216.71.64.105]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.32 #1 (Debian)) id 16MCpr-0007e1-00 for ; Thu, 03 Jan 2002 13:43:27 -0500 Received: from lbear (mail@12-237-122-156.client.attbi.com [12.237.122.156]) by lina.host4u.net (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id g03Ii1120459 for ; Thu, 3 Jan 2002 12:44:01 -0600 Received: from cpt.kirk (helo=localhost) by lbear with local-esmtp (Exim 3.12 #1 (Debian)) id 16MCvF-000689-00 for ; Thu, 03 Jan 2002 12:49:01 -0600 Date: Thu, 3 Jan 2002 12:49:01 -0600 (CST) From: Kirk Wood X-Sender: cpt.kirk@lbear To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca Subject: Re: Web Browsers with Javascript? In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca Errors-To: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.7 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: On Thu, 3 Jan 2002, Janina Sajka wrote: > On the other hand, do we really want to allow js into our machines? Are we > really willing to let any old web site execute code on our machines? Isn't > js a security vulnerability waiting to happen? I rather think someone will > devise some kind of virus delivered via js before two many more years go > by. What then? Will the press run stories like "How come they didn't tell > us?" If implimented the way it was intended it is safe. It is a scripting language intended to be limited to working with the current document and data associated therein. There has been a "virus" using javascript. It used the evil "Windows Scripting Host" that macroslop so ingeniously introduced quietly so nobody would realize. Code is already run when you view a web page. The reality is that the html tags are in effect scripting for the page. ======= Kirk Wood Cpt.Kirk@1tree.net One of the most overlooked advantages to computers is... If they do foul up, there's no law against whacking them around a little. -- Joe Martin