Re: [xml-dev] XInclude: security risk 1

From
Rich Salz <>
To
Elliotte Rusty Harold <>
Date
2002-10-27T02:15:05Z
ID
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Thread
Re: [xml-dev] XInclude: security risk 1
> Once a local user has loaded this into a web browser from behind the
> firewall, the original host site or some other remote site can easily
> determine whether some document exists on some server that would not
> normally be accessible to it.

Interesting idea.  It would be easy, for example, for an adversary to
determine the system type by looking for things like /linux vs
C:\PROGRA~1.  Knowing that would help them attack.
	/r$