There could be problems with man in the middle attacks, but that's goes for just about anything being served up remotely.
On Wed, Dec 10, 2008 at 2:51 PM, David Mintz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Wed, Dec 10, 2008 at 12:32 PM, csnyder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> On Wed, Dec 10, 2008 at 11:25 AM, Daniel Convissor >> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> > Hi Greg: >> > >> > On Tue, Dec 09, 2008 at 05:46:24PM -0500, Greg Rundlett wrote: >> >> >> >> Using multiple libraries got you down? >> >> With the Google AJAX Libraries API, it >> >> makes it easy to use libraries without actually installing and >> >> maintaining the >> >> library infrastructure locally >> > >> > Interesting. I'm wondering what the security implications of this are. >> > >> > Also there's the issue of giving Google even more data about browsing >> > habits. >> > >> > Finally, there are folks like myself that use Firefox's No Script add on >> > that allows me to limit which domains can load JavaScript in my browser. >> > I tend to not allow sites other than the one I'm looking at to run JS. >> > >> > --Dan >> >> You pretty much nailed it, Dan. In exchange for convenience, you let >> Google own your users' browsing habits. >> >> I'm not so concerned about security -- I think it would be incredibly >> embarrassing to Google if one of those hosted javascripts got >> compromised -- but I do would worry about application breakage should >> Google update to a newer version of a library, or delete an old, buggy >> version. >> > > > Although if you want to, you can tell Google which version you want, which > should protect you from an unwanted upgrade. > > -- > David Mintz > http://davidmintz.org/ > > The subtle source is clear and bright > The tributary streams flow through the darkness > > _______________________________________________ > New York PHP User Group Community Talk Mailing List > http://lists.nyphp.org/mailman/listinfo/talk > > http://www.nyphp.org/show_participation.php >
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