On Wednesday 24 May 2006 09:31, Mitchell Brown wrote: > <snip> > > Thanks for umm, dare I say, defending me Gustin? :) > This is exactly what I was trying to do -- warn people. > I could totally get how that could happen on a Windows machine, but not on > Linux - it just seems. Kinda farfetched. > You know how you hear on the news "NEVER OPEN WEBSITES YOU MAY GET IN > EMAILS! THEY COULD DAMAGE YOUR COMPUTER!" Well, I've been on computers for > 10 years and never seen anything like that. > > So yeah, sorry to anyone who I offended - but maybe now, instead of > clicking a link from someone who gives it to you, you'll think twice.
While your intentions may have been good, the approach you took was not the best choice. You could have discussed this topic in terms of a security concern, and ask how to protect against it, and maybe not even post the link at all (or maybe off list for people who wanted it). Instead you basically enouraged people to click that link just so you can talk about a security issue, that could have been covered without the link at all. I agree with Gustin's sentiments - there is an issue to be discussed here, and we shouldn't shy from the issue. However, my problem was not with the issue (or you personally), but the nature of the post. The way it was done is just not well suited to this list. When I take my car into the shop, I don't talk to them about how to build a house - that's not what they're there for. Same concept applies here. CLUG-TALK is for discussing Linux and Open Source topics, not Windows topics or the latest funny site someone found (unless said site is related to one of the core topics, of course.. :) ) Off topic posts do happen, and are not actively discouraged. But, people who do so have generally asked themselves if the topic is related to the purpose of the mailing list, or can be of use/interest to it's members (like a job posting). (I personally ask myself these questions for EVERY post I make to the list - hint hing.. :) ) I don't mean to come down on you too hard, but a post about stupid javascript tricks (of which I'm rather proficient with), and a porn site just don't pass that "generally related" test, or "of use" test. As for interested, well, the world is full of all kinds of people, and I know a few will be curious (or is that bi-curious?). But JavaScript scripting hacks isn't what clug-talk is intended for. You would have been more on topic if this was posted to the progsig list - where we cover coding issues specifically... Yep, there's a concern about how this might happen in Linux. However, take a closer look at the results, and it's nothing more than one or more pictures getting loaded onto a single page via an endless loop that is just poor coding. I will not do what is needed to protect against that - you're talking about some core javascript functionality here. However, I will not take part in sites like that nor share how it might be done - it's just bad taste. So, nothing to see here, move along... Shawn (and this thread is now dead as far as I'm concerned) _______________________________________________ clug-talk mailing list [email protected] http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) **Please remove these lines when replying
