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in thread On JavaScript, mt2k, and security risks

I've done an automatic PM surfer, that automatically surfs the PM site. It is good for me, and I need to have it on my home node because of JS security issues (one isn't allowed to read contents from windows loaded from other sites, which is good).
I usually log out before I use it, making surf around as AnonMonk.

However, if someone uses atomatic JS stunts to do bad stuff to others, I believe in removing the user, not their tool.

/brother t0mas
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RE: RE: RE: (Ovid) RE: On JavaScript, mt2k, and security risks
by jreades (Friar) on Nov 07, 2000 at 20:04 UTC

    Agreed.

    But here's a thought: we already use XP to regulate voting rights, home node usage, and so on, why not tie() certains classes of tags to XP as well.

    That way, only the people with the most to lose have the ability to write their potentially evil code.

    Maybe <script language="javascript"> and javascript: tags are filtered when the user is less than a... monk?

    In response to other suggestions, I think that the peer review/approval system is tough because it only pushes more work on to the senior monks (who, presumably, have a good deal else to do with their time).