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  • G Gabriel 2

    Clipboard data can be stolen when surfing the Web with IE, using javascript. I have IE 6.0 and all latest service packs, and this problem is real.:eek: http://www.friendlycanadian.com/applications/clipboard.htm[^] Hope you haven't copied any confidential data when surfing, I had done this many times!!!! What's more, I use to store site:user:password in an encripted system, from there I copy it using copy-paste. Will someone ever be able to create a secure Browser?

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    Jeremy Falcon
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    Quick, get a popup stopper! Jeremy Falcon

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      Quick, get a popup stopper! Jeremy Falcon

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      Tom Archer
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      :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: Cheers, Tom Archer "Use what talents you possess. The woods would be very silent if no birds sang there except those that sang best." - William Blake * Inside C# -Second Edition * Visual C++.NET Bible * Extending MFC Applications with the .NET Framework

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        Clipboard data can be stolen when surfing the Web with IE, using javascript. I have IE 6.0 and all latest service packs, and this problem is real.:eek: http://www.friendlycanadian.com/applications/clipboard.htm[^] Hope you haven't copied any confidential data when surfing, I had done this many times!!!! What's more, I use to store site:user:password in an encripted system, from there I copy it using copy-paste. Will someone ever be able to create a secure Browser?

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        Daniel Turini
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        A safe browser? No, but a much safer browser, yes: Firefox. Everyone had a project on the past (or present) that became so patched that every new bug fix introduces a new bug. It seems to be what's happening with IE. About the copy & paste feature of your password safe system, it's flawed: in the past I've done a system wich needed to put sensible data on the clipboard. The correct way, IIRC, was using "clipboard delayed rendering". This way the source application receives a message when the data is needed: on the first paste, the data was pasted, and on the second paste, it was replaced by "The clipboard data was already read {n} times". If some software manages to read the clipboard, you'll at least notice it. Yes, even I am blogging now!

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        • G Gabriel 2

          Clipboard data can be stolen when surfing the Web with IE, using javascript. I have IE 6.0 and all latest service packs, and this problem is real.:eek: http://www.friendlycanadian.com/applications/clipboard.htm[^] Hope you haven't copied any confidential data when surfing, I had done this many times!!!! What's more, I use to store site:user:password in an encripted system, from there I copy it using copy-paste. Will someone ever be able to create a secure Browser?

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          Antony M Kancidrowski
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          Set your security settings in IE for Drag and Drop to prompt or even disable. Whoops, not this setting, see following post :-O Ant. I'm hard, yet soft.
          I'm coloured, yet clear.
          I'm fuity and sweet.
          I'm jelly, what am I? Muse on it further, I shall return!
          - David Williams (Little Britain)

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          • G Gabriel 2

            Clipboard data can be stolen when surfing the Web with IE, using javascript. I have IE 6.0 and all latest service packs, and this problem is real.:eek: http://www.friendlycanadian.com/applications/clipboard.htm[^] Hope you haven't copied any confidential data when surfing, I had done this many times!!!! What's more, I use to store site:user:password in an encripted system, from there I copy it using copy-paste. Will someone ever be able to create a secure Browser?

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            Antony M Kancidrowski
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            Set the security option for Allow Paste operations via script to prompt or disable also. Ant. I'm hard, yet soft.
            I'm coloured, yet clear.
            I'm fuity and sweet.
            I'm jelly, what am I? Muse on it further, I shall return!
            - David Williams (Little Britain)

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              :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: Cheers, Tom Archer "Use what talents you possess. The woods would be very silent if no birds sang there except those that sang best." - William Blake * Inside C# -Second Edition * Visual C++.NET Bible * Extending MFC Applications with the .NET Framework

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              BTW, I promise I'm going to read your book. I finally got a hold of a realtor that's actually showing me houses (I have a viewing in an hour actually), so I'll probably be doing that this weekend though. I can say, the more I'm play around with C# the more I want to learn it better, so eventually my old, lazy butt will get around to it. :) Jeremy Falcon

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                Set the security option for Allow Paste operations via script to prompt or disable also. Ant. I'm hard, yet soft.
                I'm coloured, yet clear.
                I'm fuity and sweet.
                I'm jelly, what am I? Muse on it further, I shall return!
                - David Williams (Little Britain)

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                palbano
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                I just disabled the entire browser :-D

                "No matter where you go, there your are." - Buckaroo Banzai

                -pete

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                  I just disabled the entire browser :-D

                  "No matter where you go, there your are." - Buckaroo Banzai

                  -pete

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                  Antony M Kancidrowski
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                  :laugh:, I suppose thats a good choice! Ant. I'm hard, yet soft.
                  I'm coloured, yet clear.
                  I'm fuity and sweet.
                  I'm jelly, what am I? Muse on it further, I shall return!
                  - David Williams (Little Britain)

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                    Quick, get a popup stopper! Jeremy Falcon

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                    Brian Delahunty
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                    :-D Regards, Brian Dela :-) http://www.briandela.com IE 6 required.
                    http://www.briandela.com/pictures Now with a pictures section :-D
                    http://www.briandela.com/rss/newsrss.xml RSS Feed

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                    • D Daniel Turini

                      A safe browser? No, but a much safer browser, yes: Firefox. Everyone had a project on the past (or present) that became so patched that every new bug fix introduces a new bug. It seems to be what's happening with IE. About the copy & paste feature of your password safe system, it's flawed: in the past I've done a system wich needed to put sensible data on the clipboard. The correct way, IIRC, was using "clipboard delayed rendering". This way the source application receives a message when the data is needed: on the first paste, the data was pasted, and on the second paste, it was replaced by "The clipboard data was already read {n} times". If some software manages to read the clipboard, you'll at least notice it. Yes, even I am blogging now!

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                      Gabriel 2
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                      > a much safer browser, yes: Firefox I haven't tried it. I'll give it a try. I tested Opera and Netscape. They are very good, but I still find many problems when surfing the Web. Most of the world uses IE and many sites have only been tested with it. > IIRC That's a good idea, I'll add it.

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                        > a much safer browser, yes: Firefox I haven't tried it. I'll give it a try. I tested Opera and Netscape. They are very good, but I still find many problems when surfing the Web. Most of the world uses IE and many sites have only been tested with it. > IIRC That's a good idea, I'll add it.

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                        Gabriel 2 wrote: I tested Opera and Netscape. They are very good, but I still find many problems when surfing the Web.Most of the world uses IE and many sites have only been tested with it. Mozilla has a plugin, IEView, that adds a right-click menu option "View this {page/link} in IE" for this situation. This way, I use Firefox all the time, and when some page doesn't support it, I quickly open only this page in IE. Yes, even I am blogging now!

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                          Quick, get a popup stopper! Jeremy Falcon

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                          Christopher Duncan
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                          Jeremy Falcon wrote: Quick, get a popup stopper! Saaaay, now there's an idea... ;) Christopher Duncan Today's Corporate Battle Tactic Unite the Tribes: Ending Turf Wars for Career and Business Success The Career Programmer: Guerilla Tactics for an Imperfect World

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                            BTW, I promise I'm going to read your book. I finally got a hold of a realtor that's actually showing me houses (I have a viewing in an hour actually), so I'll probably be doing that this weekend though. I can say, the more I'm play around with C# the more I want to learn it better, so eventually my old, lazy butt will get around to it. :) Jeremy Falcon

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                            Jeremy Falcon wrote: BTW, I promise I'm going to read your book. Well that doesn't narrow it down much. He seems to have quite a few to choose from these days. ;) Jeremy Falcon wrote: my old, lazy butt Now there's a visual that will haunt me for the rest of the day... Christopher Duncan Today's Corporate Battle Tactic Unite the Tribes: Ending Turf Wars for Career and Business Success The Career Programmer: Guerilla Tactics for an Imperfect World

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                              Gabriel 2 wrote: I tested Opera and Netscape. They are very good, but I still find many problems when surfing the Web.Most of the world uses IE and many sites have only been tested with it. Mozilla has a plugin, IEView, that adds a right-click menu option "View this {page/link} in IE" for this situation. This way, I use Firefox all the time, and when some page doesn't support it, I quickly open only this page in IE. Yes, even I am blogging now!

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                              Gabriel 2
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                              I'm installing it right now. It looks great!!!:-D Hope it is as good as it seems, I'm really looking for a better browser.

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                                Clipboard data can be stolen when surfing the Web with IE, using javascript. I have IE 6.0 and all latest service packs, and this problem is real.:eek: http://www.friendlycanadian.com/applications/clipboard.htm[^] Hope you haven't copied any confidential data when surfing, I had done this many times!!!! What's more, I use to store site:user:password in an encripted system, from there I copy it using copy-paste. Will someone ever be able to create a secure Browser?

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                                This is a long standing problem that I read about here at least 6 months ago. I know they should make secure browsers, we all know that, but until they do if you care about security you really need keep on top of security bulletins etc.


                                An election is nothing more than the advanced auction of stolen goods. - Ambrose Bierce

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                                  BTW, I promise I'm going to read your book. I finally got a hold of a realtor that's actually showing me houses (I have a viewing in an hour actually), so I'll probably be doing that this weekend though. I can say, the more I'm play around with C# the more I want to learn it better, so eventually my old, lazy butt will get around to it. :) Jeremy Falcon

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                                  Jeremy Falcon wrote: BTW, I promise I'm going to read your book. No problem :) Like most of us here, I need about 40 hours a day to do everything I want to do. Jeremy Falcon wrote: I finally got a hold of a realtor that's actually showing me houses... Awesome! Let me know how it goes. If everything goes well for us, we'll finally be closing next week. Cheers, Tom Archer "Use what talents you possess. The woods would be very silent if no birds sang there except those that sang best." - William Blake * Inside C# -Second Edition * Visual C++.NET Bible * Extending MFC Applications with the .NET Framework

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                                    Jeremy Falcon wrote: BTW, I promise I'm going to read your book. Well that doesn't narrow it down much. He seems to have quite a few to choose from these days. ;) Jeremy Falcon wrote: my old, lazy butt Now there's a visual that will haunt me for the rest of the day... Christopher Duncan Today's Corporate Battle Tactic Unite the Tribes: Ending Turf Wars for Career and Business Success The Career Programmer: Guerilla Tactics for an Imperfect World

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                                    Christopher Duncan wrote: Well that doesn't narrow it down much. He seems to have quite a few to choose from these days. Yeah, Tom seems to be productive. I wonder what that's like. The book, btw is "Inside C#." Christopher Duncan wrote: Now there's a visual that will haunt me for the rest of the day... Consider it my gift to you. :) Jeremy Falcon

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                                      Jeremy Falcon wrote: BTW, I promise I'm going to read your book. No problem :) Like most of us here, I need about 40 hours a day to do everything I want to do. Jeremy Falcon wrote: I finally got a hold of a realtor that's actually showing me houses... Awesome! Let me know how it goes. If everything goes well for us, we'll finally be closing next week. Cheers, Tom Archer "Use what talents you possess. The woods would be very silent if no birds sang there except those that sang best." - William Blake * Inside C# -Second Edition * Visual C++.NET Bible * Extending MFC Applications with the .NET Framework

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                                      Tom Archer wrote: Awesome! Let me know how it goes. Will do. Tom Archer wrote: If everything goes well for us, we'll finally be closing next week. Cool. So, what kinda place did ya get? Jeremy Falcon

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