[thelist] Defining Irony, the XSS way

Christian Heilmann codepo8 at gmail.com
Fri Jun 15 09:55:52 CDT 2007


> > It is a tutorial about Cross Server Scripting attacks and how to
> > prevent them. The "fail" alert is injected to the page via XSS, so the
> > page itself is not protected against the thing it explains how to
> > protect yourself against.
>
> um, right. obviously. so much for *my* powers of observation.
>
> time for another cuppa tea, methinks, or perhaps something a little
> stronger

More obvious with this one:
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21233077&loc=%22%3E%3Cbody%20style='background:url(http:%2F%2Fmathieu-sylvain.net%2Flolcat.gif)'%20x=%22en_US

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Chris Heilmann
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