from slashdot: http://www.shmoo.com/idn/
and why mozilla is better than opera:
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Originally Posted by Shmoo Group
from slashdot: http://www.shmoo.com/idn/
and why mozilla is better than opera:
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Originally Posted by Shmoo Group
http://my.opera.com/forums/showthrea...threadid=80926
There are some major discussions in the Opera community boards and they all point to the fact that this exploit is not a "software bug". There is nothing you can really do to stop the user from clicking on a link that performs the exploit. The best they could do is to alert them that spoofing is actually occurring.
That is why Opera stated that they implemented IDN correctly. Not because they don't care. They are in fact looking into finding a way to alert the user that something like this is happening.
So run along to your little Firefox crowd and quit ........ing in the "elite" pool. ;)
P i s s is not allowed? WTF? What are we... 5 years old? :mad:
Oh, and another thing, as stated by many others, the best advice is to always go to popular money-exchange sites via bookmark or typed in URL.
alternative browsers are for
Apparently some scaredy-cat weiner didn't like my comments. At least sign your name when you leave bad rep. :rolleyes:
I'm not convinced.Quote:
Originally Posted by Brian
That didnt work on me with opera 8 neta, wow.
Um, I'm using Opera8 beta and it still worked. So is ober.Quote:
Originally Posted by RoD
Yup. Did you get the "meow" screen?
nope didnt do anything at all. not even a couldnt load error, it just does nadda.
nope didnt do anything at all. not even a couldnt load error, it just does nadda.
That's perhaps why it's a beta? Just judging by the number of dupes, you seem to be struggling with the browser. :)
Someone in some article somewhere actually claimed it a good sign that IE was "immune" to the "bug"...
yeah yeah... I was kidding about the firefox being better thing, you know... I really don't give a damn what browser you use...Quote:
Originally Posted by ober
why can you write damn, but not pi(2*s)?
actually its fantastic and i havent had a single problem.Quote:
That's perhaps why it's a beta? Just judging by the number of dupes, you seem to be struggling with the browser.
Firefox is FREE!