Re: tlug: Cache cow security hole

[Darren Cook <darren@example.com>]

>... And I, the Lord, sayeth unto thee that Netscape's cache is of the
>Devil.  Ye cannot serve two masters.
>
>ie, turn the cache off.  It causes more problems than it solves, unless
>you have an *extremely* slow link.  Even then, the security is worth it,
>IMHO.

By turning off the cache you waste bandwidth and make everyone's link just
a little bit slower. 

Turning off javascript will also stop the problem. Ideally Netscape will
give us a patch that allows us to just disable parts of javascript (like
opening new windows in onUnload() and submit() in onLoad()).

Darren

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