Word: javascript
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Dates: during 1998-1998
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...message seemed innocuous enough. "Hello. I've discovered another javascript security hole," read Friday's Usenet post from "Mr. Nothing" (aka Dan Brumleve). By Monday, it had mutated into a full-blown security crisis for Netscape and everyone who owns its browsers. As Brumleve demonstrates on his web page, it is possible to download a short, 30-line javascript program that will snatch information from a Netscape user's hard drive. Specifically, the flaw allows web sites to scan your cache without setting a cookie -- in other words, make off with a list of all those places, naughty and nice...
...course, nothing's perfect in this world. Opera's only real flaw is its lack of support for Java applets (although it renders in-line JavaScript just fine.) In reality, this is a small price to pay, since most stand-alone Java applets on the Web today are nothing more than stock or score tickers or flashy design. In addition, many specialized plug-ins are incompatible with the program, although the majors-RealAudio, Quicktime, etc.-work just fine...