Old Browsers and security - Was Re: [thelist] Site review please
Stephen Rider
evolt_org at striderweb.com
Tue Jan 27 15:20:04 CST 2004
A program like this existed for a while -- it was called (IIRC) the
"Browser Upgrade Initiative" and was executed by the Web Standards
Project <http://www.webstandards.org/>.
Basically they encouraged webmasters to put in a hidden bit of text on
their sites (that _would only_ be visible in non-css compliant
browsers) that said something to the effect of "Your browser is missing
a lot of formatting because it doesn't understand web standards. Hit
this handy link <link to webstandards.org> for information on how to
upgrade to a modern browser."
Some die-hards set up their sites to do a straight redirect so that
people using NN4 had no choice in the matter, and of course spammers
found a way to abuse it :p .
All in all though it was considered pretty successful, and was ended
sometime in 2003.
Steve
On Tuesday, January 27, 2004, at 12:03 PM, Chris Hayes wrote:
> AFAIK it's not just hat ppl _should_ be using updated browsers, they
> really _must_, with the significant advances in security, encryption
> and
> cert handling wouldn't it be a public service to detect their browsers
> and
> tell 'em where to get updated? Just plain refuse to display them the
> site?
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