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Re: Web page access

  • Subject: Re: Web page access
  • From: Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Tue, 01 Nov 2005 04:56:35 +0000
  • Newsgroups: comp.infosystems.www.authoring.html
  • Organization: schestowitz.com / MCC / Manchester University
  • References: <uAb9f.3665$zT6.1312@trnddc06> <vilain-23F146.16341830102005@comcast.dca.giganews.com> <dk4h5n$2tuh$1@godfrey.mcc.ac.uk> <Elz9f.905$ZA3.212090@monger.newsread.com>
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__/ [Leif K-Brooks] on Tuesday 01 November 2005 01:16 \__

> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>> This will not avoid spyware like Alexa/A9/Amazon toolbars (among
>> more) from crawling your password-protected pages, but it will  at
>> least turn away human users who ought to remain outside. To
>> understand how this  works  (essentially JavaScript), look at the
>> source, change  it  and save it.
> 
> Anyone with a clue can turn off JavaScript support in their browser.
> Security should not depend on clueless attackers.

No JavaScript, no entry. *smile*

...still better than ActiveX

ActiveX enabled, anybody in (including hijackers)

Roy

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