yeah! thats a compelling technical reason (security reason no less). Technomage Hawke On Monday 26 July 2004 03:02 pm, Gilles Casse wrote: > Mario Lang writes: > > I've been told this will involved heavy javascript usage, and will > > effectively render the whole web system inaccessible to me. > > I wonder how many visitors of the university will have Javascript already > disabled in their web browser. For example here are a few lines from the > US-CERT (United States Computer Emergency Readiness Team) The link is a the > end [1]. > > "End-User Systems > When an end-user visits a web site that has been compromised, this > JavaScript attempts to access a file hosted on another server. This file > may contain malicious code that can affect the end-user's system. > > This activity is another example of why end users must exercise caution > when JavaScript is enabled in their web browser. Disabling JavaScript will > prevent this activity from affecting an end-user's system, but may also > degrade the appearance and functionality of some web sites that rely upon > JavaScript. US-CERT recommends that end-users disable JavaScript unless it > is absolutely necessary. Users should be aware that any web site, even > those that may be trusted by the user, may be affected by this activity and > thus contain potentially malicious code." > > [1] http://www.us-cert.gov/current/current_activity.html _______________________________________________ Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list