I installed NoScript and it appears to work very well. Newest version released on 9-10-06. I find it blocks the scripts initiating on webpages, not the remaining web page content. The warning which appears when a script is blocked displays on the bottom of the window non-obtrusively. And sites which I need scripts to run can be easily whitelisted. Thanks for the recommend Larry.
----- Original Message ----- From: "dooger watts" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Eugene Unix and Gnu/Linux User Group" <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, October 04, 2006 2:31 PM Subject: Re: [Eug-lug] Firefox security exploit Though all the comments at the firefox site are gaga now, yesterday showed up a pretty sensible response to all this hoopla: "Many webpages need to use JS to function correctly. It would be more use if there was a blacklist instead of a whitelist because very few websites use JS maliciously. "Overall, I would only recommend this extension if there was, for example, a malicious code/virus spreading over the internet. It just "blocks too much" to be used for normal surfing." Edward Craig wrote: > Beta News claims this exploit is a fraud (among other recent news on > Google) >> main workaround available at this time is the NoScript extension >> https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/722/ _______________________________________________ EUGLUG mailing list [email protected] http://www.euglug.org/mailman/listinfo/euglug
