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Re: SSL Browser Vulnerability Discovered
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (C Matthew Curtin)
Fri Apr 4 15:08:06 1997
Date: Fri, 4 Apr 1997 14:42:14 -0500 (EST)
From: C Matthew Curtin <cmcurtin@research.megasoft.com>
To: Hal Finney <hal@rain.org>
Cc: risks@CSL.sri.com, stewarts@ix.netcom.com, cryptography@c2.net,
tomw@netscape.com
In-Reply-To: <199704021624.IAA00908@crypt.hfinney.com>
Reply-To: cmcurtin@research.megasoft.com
>>>>> "Hal" == Hal Finney <hal@rain.org> writes:
Hal> Frankly I think this damned REFERRER field is one of the biggest
Hal> privacy leaks on the net. Yes, I know it has uses, just like
Hal> cookies, but 90% of the time it's not useful and just leaks
Hal> information about where I've been. I want to be able to turn it
Hal> off!
Sounds like what you're looking for is Emacs-W3, with "privacy" mode
turned on. Of course, this is most useful if you're already using
some Emacsen already. (It's particularly cool if you already use it
for *everything*, as I do...)
--
Matt Curtin Chief Scientist Megasoft, Inc. cmcurtin@research.megasoft.com
http://www.research.megasoft.com/people/cmcurtin/ I speak only for myself
Death to small keys. Crack DES NOW! http://www.frii.com/~rcv/deschall.htm
