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- From: jeremyn@nj5.injersey.com (Jeremy )
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.networking,comp.sys.amiga.datacomm,comp.sys.amiga.misc
- Subject: Re: I hope Amiga browsers don't have this NetScape problem!
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- Date: 5 Apr 1996 03:19:55 GMT
- Organization: Asbury Park Press
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- Dave Gentry (dgentry@vlsi4.racal.com) wrote:
- > -------------- Forwarded Message begins here ------------
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- > From: Julian Assange <proff@suburbia.net> Date: Tue, 12 Mar 1996
- [snip]
- > This is insidious; it means that E-mail messages, purportedly from me
- > (and all traces will show they really are from me) can be sent
- > anywhere, without my knowledge, with contents that I do not approve.
- > Further, it means that I can no longer count on browsing a site
- > without my userid being disclosed.**
-
- > Summary:
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- > Netscape has not responded this latest discovery yet. There will
- > probably be a maintenance release to address this if public outcry is
- > significant. Security is not just an issue regarding firewalls.
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- Didn't I read somewhere that Netscape had released version 2.0.1, which
- eliminated this security hole?
-
- Jeremy
- jeremyn@injersey.com
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