Date: Sat, 21 Jul 2001 12:12:26 -0500 From: Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> To: Shannon <shannon@widomaker.com> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ARRGH Netscape stinks! Message-ID: <15193.47098.324801.610159@guru.mired.org> In-Reply-To: <37089136@toto.iv>
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Shannon <shannon@widomaker.com> types: > CERT is very correct in recommend these be disabled. Unfortunately there > are some sites I use often that require it. It would be nice if you > could turn scripting off for all but specific sites. I disable them both. If I run into a site that absolutely has to have them, I tend to go elsewhere. Yes, that means I wind up paying a bit more for things sometimes. On the other hand - do I really want to give me CC number to someone who cares so little about my security? For those where I have no other choice - generally because I'm a client in the real world, not just cyber - I turn it on, do my business, then turn it off and shut down the browser. JavaScript should work the way cookies do in IBrowse - or at least did the last time I looked at it, in mid '98. It looks like recent builds of Mozilla have similar functionality. Whenever the browser gets a cookie, it checks to see if I've decided whether that site can set cookies or not, and uses that if it can find it. If not, it asks me, including a checkbox as to whether or not it should remember that decision. I know, I have sources to mozilla. So I could probably add that functionality if I really wanted it. I don't want it bad enough yet... <mike -- Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> http://www.mired.org/home/mwm/ Independent WWW/Perforce/FreeBSD/Unix consultant, email for more information. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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