On Fri, Sep 06, 2002 at 01:31:58AM -0700, Ian Clarke wrote:
> While looking into making the various error and information pages 
> that FProxy throws up conform to our nice new theme, I noticed how 
> completely ugly the FProxy code is.  If someone is considering 
> some significant work to improve filtering, they might consider 
> starting with a clean slate and copying across the useful pieces 
> of code, but structuring it in a more sensible manner.
> 
> Oh, and can we *please* get rid of that "IE Sucks" message.  If 
> there is a security hole with IE, then say-so, but please keep the 
> anti-M$ advocacy in your Slashdot sig where it belongs, not in the
> Freenet code-base.
This security hole is not necessarily a security hole, since it has been
present in IE forever (and caused major problems for e.g. outlook -
check the bugtraq archives). It does however mean that it is not possible
to protect the anonymity of a user using M$IE. It is explained clearly
on the page. But if you want to change it to "INTERNET EXPLORER DESTROYS
YOUR ANONYMITY" or "INTERNET EXPLORER ALLOWS BAD FREESITES TO OBTAIN
YOUR IP ADDRESS", that's fine.
> 
> Ian.
> 
> 
> -- 
> Ian Clarke                                        ian at freenetproject.org
> Founder & Coordinator, The Freenet Project    http://freenetproject.org/
> Chief Technology Officer, Uprizer Inc.           http://www.uprizer.com/
> Personal Homepage                                     http://locut.us/



-- 
Matthew Toseland
mtoseland at blueyonder.co.uk
amphibian at sourceforge.net
Freenet/Coldstore open source hacker.
Looking for $coding (I'm cheap)
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