RE: Locking up Internet Explorer

["Thor Larholm" <thor () pivx com>]

Any link in the form of //something has the current protocol prepended to it. If you are on a HTTP site such as 
http://microsoft.com and click on a link to //msdn.microsoft.com you are in reality making a request for 
http://msdn.microsoft.com
 
/. used to use these links all over the place, to save some bytes I guess.
 
The results by clicking on your link to //test/test depends on the security zone you are in. If you are in the Internet 
Zone you will be asking for http://test/test , if you are in the My Computer zone you will be asking for 
file://test/test which gets translated into \\test\test.
 
 
 
Regards
Thor
 

        -----Original Message----- 
        From: godwulf () gmx net [mailto:godwulf () gmx net] 
        Sent: Tue 5/11/2004 9:08 AM 
        To: full-disclosure () lists netsys com 
        Cc: 
        Subject: [Full-disclosure] Locking up Internet Explorer
        
        

        The following code creates a link that causes Microsoft Internet Explorer to
        lock up. Restarting IE is required after clicking on the link.
        
        <A HREF="//test/test">Lock up Internet Explorer</A>
        
        The form of the link just has to be //*/* as far as I tried it. The IE
        version I used was 6.0.2800.1106.xpsp2.030422-1633CO.
        
        CYA
        
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