[3915] in WWW Security List Archive
Re: Netscape 'secret' codes and security implications
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Frank W. Vans Evers)
Sun Dec 29 10:34:13 1996
Date: Sun, 29 Dec 1996 08:34:39 -0500 (EST)
From: "Frank W. Vans Evers" <vans@cyberspy.cyberspy.com>
To: Paul Phillips <psp@well.com>
cc: Gary Howland <gary@systemics.com>, www-security@ns2.rutgers.edu
In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.3.95.961228213225.13524A-100000@well.com>
Errors-To: owner-www-security@ns2.rutgers.edu
what is the purpose of wysiwyp?
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On Sat, 28 Dec 1996, Paul Phillips wrote:
>
>
> 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>
>
