[1636] in WWW Security List Archive
Re: Netscape && FTP sites
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Liz Stokes)
Thu Mar 14 14:47:18 1996
From: Liz Stokes <ilaine@panix.com>
To: www-security@ns2.rutgers.edu
Date: Thu, 14 Mar 1996 12:04:36 -0500 (EST)
In-Reply-To: <199603132258.RAA19742@nasirc.hq.nasa.gov> from "Rob Jenson" at Mar 13, 96 05:58:11 pm
Errors-To: owner-www-security@ns2.rutgers.edu
Rob Jenson wrote:
> The Netscape site is also JavaScript-disabled browser unfriendly.
> Their home page is blank if you have JavaScript patched out of
> Netscape Navigator 2.0. Makes it a tad difficult to find out when
> the next release (with the requisite "Disable JavaScript" option) will
> be available. In the meantime, I guess we'll just have to use XMosaic
> { just ignore the spotch at the top of your screen --- that's
> frustrated Frames or JavaScript } or Netscape 1.1 to visit Netscape's
> site and find out if they have released the next Navigator 2.0x with
> improved security.
You can just 'view source'...
> ObWebSecurity:
>
> Is there anybody from Netscape monitoring this list who
> can confirm or deny that Navigator 2.0x will be released "very
> soon now" with the capability to disable JavaScript as well as
> Java in the "Security Options"?
I've just installed 2.01 and still get a blank page for netscape home...
--
Liz Stokes
webmistress@panix.com
