[thelist] Defining Irony, the XSS way

Sarah Adams sarahwbs at gmail.com
Fri Jun 15 09:28:58 CDT 2007


> > http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21233077&loc=%
> > 22%3E%3Cbody%20onload=alert('FAIL')%20x=%22en_US
>
> I'm missing the point - if the page is told to alert 'FAIL' and it does,
> how is that ironic?

The article is about avoiding cross-site scripting, and has become a
victim of it (albeit in an innocent way).

God, I feel like SUCH a geek now. I laughed my butt off at this, but
now I can't share it with anyone!

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sarah adams
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