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Re: [FDSA] Notepad Highly Critical Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) Vulnerability


From: M.B.Jr. <marcio.barbado () gmail com>
Date: Thu, 17 Jan 2008 18:33:08 -0200

Guess Fredrick's sarcastic and cynical suggestion is:

xss-like menaces seems as unstoppable as this web-slavery the industry imposes.

Well, if so, I agree.



On 1/17/08, BlackHawk <hawkgotyou () gmail com> wrote:
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4) Fix
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Notepad should be rewritten to filter potentially dangerous
characters. Characters can be converted to their html encoded
equivalents.

translated: you CAN'T write pages in HTML with any program..

Fredrick Diggle Security Services is probably the best application
security researchers on the scene this month. They have identified
several hundred thousand vulnerabilities this week[..]

i think you must read this: http://www.amazon.com/PCs-Dummies-Quick-Reference-Gookin/dp/0764507222


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