[PLUG] "headers" & "footers" on Web pages

[Wil Cooley]

On Thu, 2003-04-17 at 15:53, Jason Van Cleve wrote:
> On 17 Apr 2003 13:35:29 -0700
> merlyn at stonehenge.com (Randal L. Schwartz) wrote:
> 
> > And they aren't behind a security firewall that strips JavaScript.
> 
> How would a firewall strip JavaScript, as you say?  Isn't a .js file
> served just like any other Web file?  Are you telling me some firewalls
> block HTTP requests based on file extensions?

A JavaScript file has MIME type of 'application/x-javascript'.  Plus,
it's possibly to actually strip JS (at least, partially) from HTML. 
Look for Junkbuster and Prixoy, which are web proxies that do just that.

Wil
-- 
Wil Cooley                                 wcooley at nakedape.cc
Naked Ape Consulting                        http://nakedape.cc
* * * * Linux, UNIX, Networking and Security Solutions * * * *
*     Tired of spam and viruses in your e-mail?  Get the     *
* Naked Ape Mail Defender! http://nakedape.cc/r/maildefender *
-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: signature.asc
Type: application/pgp-signature
Size: 189 bytes
Desc: This is a digitally signed message part
URL: <http://lists.pdxlinux.org/pipermail/plug/attachments/20030417/61532ca6/attachment.asc>