Re: Java
by "Bert" <bdoorn(at)iprimus.com.au>
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G'day
> <quote>
....
> It is childishly simple for a malicious website to write to your
AUTOEXEC.BAT, force
> you to reboot by crashing your machine, and on reboot automatically wipe
your
...
> <unquote>
I can not think of ANY way for JavaScript to write anything other than a
harmless cookie to your hard-drive. If it's childishly simple, I must know
less about JavaScript than I thought I did. All books I have read on
JavaSCRIPT must be hiding anything to do with writing to one's hard-drive
under JavaScript control as I can't recall reading how to do it anywhere.
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Bert Doorn, Web Developer
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