Hi Jake!
On Mon, 12 Mar 2001 9:37:37 +0800, J. J. Young wrote:
> The Co-operative Bank in the UK uses its ethical stance
> as part of its marketing (is that ethical?) and I'm sure
> would aim for inclusivity of its services. I don't know
> whether its internet arm "Smile" offers such good rates
> to those w/o the equipment and software to access it, but
> I feel they wouldn't have used the Java/JavaScript curse
> unless they really had to, for security reasons.
> http://www.smile.co.uk/trouble_01.html
> http://www.smile.co.uk/trouble_03.html#other
I went to the above URLs. This was interesting reading, Jake.
So far this is the first mention I've seen about how JavaScript
is required for security reasons. I can log on to my account by
using Lynx386 for DOS, an app which has no JavaScript capability.
The problem is that Lynx386 can't go and fetch and display the
page because it is an "unsupported URL scheme", its web address
being indicated by JavaScript.
Is there anything special about JavaScript that lends itself to
providing higher security? I don't think so, otherwise I believe
I would have read about it or heard about it from other sources.
Regards,
Sam Heywood
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