[Javascript] RE: Mangling of Code

[Mike Dougherty]

It could be an incorrectly configured web proxy, like proxomitron (an
awesome program)

The idea is that before the browser gets the html, the proxy strips
unwanted img tags and 'evil' javascript popup code.  Under normal
circumstances, it works beautifully - but if you messed it up, it could
be doing exactly what you describe.

Or it could be something else <g>

-----Original Message-----
From: Craig Hoskin [mailto:javascript-bounces at LaTech.edu] On Behalf Of
Craig Hoskin
Sent: Wednesday, June 18, 2003 6:58 PM
To: [JavaScript List]
Subject: Mangling of Code


Hi everyone

Ive been searching everywhere for a possible answer to this and am
finally  at my wits end to find an answer.

Got one customer on a clients WWW Site who basically can't access
portions of the site because of what appears to be a corruption of the
Javascript code.

For example. We have an init script which detects browsers and shows
appropriate StyleSheets.  She sees the site without an StyleSheet
applied.
We have a page which does a redirect after login to a secure area.  We
use Javascript for this ... and it doesn't work.

When she views the source of a page she sees for example:

<!--IPT SRC="/jscript/init.js" language="JavaScript"></SCRI-->

and

<!--ipt language="JavaScript">
	Stuff in here
</scri-->

Something is systematically destroying the Javascript code.

Ive sent her browser to an online page for testing Javascript ... and it
returns no results at all.  So something is stuffing things for her.
She has Scripting enabled in her Browser (MSIE).

Any ideas anyone?  Anyone seen anything like this?
Im pretty much supposing that there is a Firewall in between
contributing to this.

Cheers

Craig
PS.  If this is too far off topic ... please excuse me ... but please
please point me in a direction where I might find some info on this :-)