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| Subject | Re: RISC OS hits OSNews |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.sys.acorn.misc |
| From | Jess <phantasm_39@hotmail.com> |
| Date | 2011-11-06 12:48 +0000 |
| Message-ID | <f635e42d52.jess@itworkshop.invalid> (permalink) |
| References | (7 earlier) <4eb17f2a$0$30788$ba4acef3@reader.news.orange.fr> <5394062c52.jess@itworkshop.invalid> <gemini.lu43x0001qfxe0398.stewart.brodie@ntlworld.com> <0facc92c52.jess@itworkshop.invalid> <gemini.lu5rlk004vmp9010k.stewart.brodie@ntlworld.com> |
| Organization | ITWorkshop |
In message <gemini.lu5rlk004vmp9010k.stewart.brodie@ntlworld.com>
Stewart Brodie <stewart.brodie@ntlworld.com> wrote:
>> Exactly what it does on Windows (and Macs to a lesser extent). Exploit any
>> vulnerability in the security of the browser, and then you are left with
>> the internal system security.
>>
>> (What's to stop it saving an app with a nasty !boot, somewhere)
> What's to stop your newsreader doing the same, or your mail client, or your
> NTP client? Perhaps you'd better disconnect from the Internet
The fact that they have no scripting language, so the best they can do
is try and con me into doing something stupid. (Unless they can do
some sort of buffer overflow and execute some code, which apparently
isn't easy to do on strongarms.)
> immediately, lest you catch something. ECMAScript in the web browser
> sandbox is the least of your worries.
The worry is if it climbs out of the sandbox into the system. Which is
why I run noscript or notscripts on most of my browsers.
--
Jess Iyonix
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Re: RISC OS hits OSNews Rick Murray <heyrickmail-usenet@yahoo.co.uk> - 2011-11-04 07:20 +0100
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Re: RISC OS hits OSNews Jess <phantasm_39@hotmail.com> - 2011-11-04 09:22 +0000
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