Re: [Sheflug] Re: BNC Network Question

[Steve Tickle <xxxxx [at] xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

At 17:14 30/04/02 +0100, Ian W. Wright wrote:
>Hmm,
>
>So how would this work then? I would have thought that, if a javascript was
>used I should have been able to see it in the html source. Does such a
>script actually pose a potential threat - presumably if one can be run which
>shows the contents of my hard drive on screen, something similar could also
>wipe the drive clean???

The actual source code might be in an external file but referenced from 
with the source HTML of the page you're actually viewing. I don't think 
there are any JavaScript commands which can do nasty things to your hard 
drive. Others may know better.


Steve

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