Henrik

Try to navigate your own bloody site if you had no arms!

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From: web400-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:web400-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Henrik Rützou
Sent: 28 January 2013 22:11
To: Web Enabling the IBM i (AS/400 and iSeries)
Subject: Re: [WEB400] DB Maintenance Design Patterns

Pete, try to access my homepage without javascript:

http://powerext.com

You will get nothing

Try to access cnn.com - you will get nothing


On Mon, Jan 28, 2013 at 11:08 PM, Pete Helgren <pete@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

"Why would anyone turn off JavaScript support these days"

Because javascript is one of the most popular attack vectors out there.
CSRF, XSS, drive bys, you name it. Javascript does plenty in the
background that we never see and that is why it is so popular with
hackers. I never enter a new or unknown site with Javascript enabled
in my browser and I take a look at what it is attempting to load
before I allow it to run. I use the noscript plugin and it has saved
my rear end multiple times....

Now *leaving* javascript disabled is another story, but entering a
site, yeah, turning off javascript makes for a funky experience but
well designed sites still deliver content without it and give you a
heads up about what the site won't provide when javascript is off.

Pete Helgren
www.petesworkshop.com
GIAC Secure Software Programmer-Java

On 1/28/2013 3:48 PM, Kevin Turner wrote:
Why would anyone turn off JavaScript support these days though -
unless
they don't have any interest in using the Internet? Turning it off
would preclude you from using almost every modern website there is.

I guess the point is, why would Nathan need to demonstrate his
example
working without JavaScript support? That would be almost as pointless
as demonstrating it without CSS support.

Lack of a mouse, on the other hand, is a valid point. You should be
able
to navigate to any clickable element with the keyboard and hit enter
to trigger the event - but that requires JavaScript:)

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