Re: Bad idea. Bad.

["Fergie" <fergdawg () netzero net>]

I agree.

- ferg


-- "Rob, grandpa of Ryan, Trevor, Devon & Hannah" <rMslade () shaw ca> wrote:

Sorry, but if I've learned anything in almost 20 years of malware research, it's that 
active content can lead to trouble.

(And JavaScript is definitely *not* my language of choice for security purposes.)

February 21, Channel Register (UK) — Active cookies aim to thwart cyber 
crooks. A new technique to protect users against more sophisticated forms of 
cybercrime has been developed by Indiana University School of Informatics and 
affiliated start-up RavenWhite. The "active cookie" can be used as a 
countermeasure against online scams such as pharming and man-in-the-middle 
attacks. 

[snip]

--
"Fergie", a.k.a. Paul Ferguson
 Engineering Architecture for the Internet
 fergdawg () netzero net or fergdawg () sbcglobal net
 ferg's tech blog: http://fergdawg.blogspot.com/


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