[3914] in WWW Security List Archive
Re: Netscape 'secret' codes and security implications
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Paul Phillips)
Sun Dec 29 02:58:36 1996
Date: Sat, 28 Dec 1996 21:33:58 -0800 (PST)
From: Paul Phillips <psp@well.com>
To: Gary Howland <gary@systemics.com>
cc: www-security@ns2.rutgers.edu
In-Reply-To: <199612281258.NAA10477@internal-mail.systemics.com>
Errors-To: owner-www-security@ns2.rutgers.edu
On Sat, 28 Dec 1996, Gary Howland wrote:
> I've just checked a few netscape easter egg sites, and none of them
> mention the wysiwyg method.
The wysiwyg scheme was supposed to be internal to the Navigator browser,
but it leaks out under various circumstances. It's not supposed to be an
easter egg; that you can see it is a bug.
--
Paul Phillips <psp@well.com>
