Re: lynx-dev lynx 2.8.x - 'special URLs' anti-spoofing protection is weak

[Leonid Pauzner]

22-Nov-99 10:11 Klaus Weide wrote:
> On Mon, 22 Nov 1999, T.E.Dickey wrote:

>> it's a followup to a posting where he criticizes _all_ of the special urls.

> Yes, there are two nasties that he found.  And he's right about both of them.

> 1) he doesn't just criticize all special URLs (or if he does, ignore
> that part of the banter).  It's the verification *by page title* that's
> a problem.   He is of course right about that.  Of course a page title
> is completely unreliable.

We could also check the URL prefix for "file://localhost/" and "LYNX"
- already done for VisitedLinks page.
Still not reliable but generally better.