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Re: lynx-dev new protocols
From: |
Carlton Anderson |
Subject: |
Re: lynx-dev new protocols |
Date: |
Sun, 1 Dec 2002 17:04:46 -0800 (PST) |
--- David Woolley <address@hidden> wrote:
> > BROWSER_SCRIPT_EXEC:alert("Hello there");
>
> This is javascript:, which is considered an abuse of the URL mechanism,
> but using a non-standard scripting language.
What would be a more appropriate solution?
>
> Generally, all these options need strong sandboxing, to avoid security
> problems - it's the failure to successfully sandbox Javascript that
> results in many of the problems with IE.
>
In NS 4.7 JavaScript is relatively safe.
What problems are you referring to?
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