And I am sure they would have access to other means such as packet
capture...your point?

Eric

-----Original Message-----
From: Dave Watts [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Sunday, March 04, 2007 9:39 PM
To: CF-Talk
Subject: RE: Why does IE s*(k... let me count the ways.

> How is that?  It at least has a level of obscurity.  You 
> would have to know that form vars are there in the first 
> place to know what to grab...and then you would have to know 
> the field names to address them.  With a URL...it's all right 
> there for the world to see.  While it may not be Fort Knox 
> level of security...it's better than absolutely nothing at all.

Anybody who's a threat to your application's security is certainly aware of
"view source".

Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software
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