IP: We shall see .. EOF A bit more of why I sent out the MS message

[David Farber <farber () cis upenn edu>]

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> Date: Fri, 27 Aug 1999 13:53:48 -0400
> To: David Farber <farber () cis upenn edu>
> From: Peter Wayner <pcw () flyzone com>
> Subject: Re: IP: A bit more of why I sent out the MS message
>
> > and what else can one do with bad scripts to a site uh?
>
> Oh, you could do thousands of things with bad scripts, but I don't 
> think that this illustrates it. The NYT or the WSJ would not have a 
> script that would let you write your own headline. If you made one 
> up, it wouldn't give you any story associated with it and then only 
> you would see the effect of your own genius. It wouldn't promulgate.
>
> This isn't to minimize the problem of hackers or security, it's just 
> script holes like this don't seem to come close to the real problems.