yes, there a number of DOS and exploits using javascript. not sure how serious. i know alot of companies filter out active X and VBscript (mine included) > -----Original Message----- > From: Jim Lundeen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, July 31, 2002 4:49 PM > To: Kipp, James; begin begin > Subject: Re: Checking Form data > > > on a side note: does anyone know the % of people that > actually disable > javascript in their browser? can javascript actually be used > to harm (lets > pretend those annoying pop-up windows don't count!)? i'm > not really a > hard-core javascript person, so any stats that you have would > be interesting > and helpful... thanks! > > "Kipp, James" wrote: > > > Thanks for the reference. but as ealier mentioned , java > script can be > > filtered out or shut off at the browser. i went ahead and > made a validation > > routine in the CGI itself with regex and other tests. > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: John Griffiths [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > Sent: Wednesday, July 31, 2002 1:20 PM > > > To: Kipp, James > > > Cc: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' > > > Subject: Re: Checking Form data > > > > > > > > > Although Perl/CPAN makes some good form handling modules > > > available I think that the more client side data checking you > > > can do the better. For date input I'd go with javascript, and > > > I'd use an input calendar to control the data. See, for > > > example, a prototype I'm working on at > > > http://www.southwindssailing.com/pressgang/ which uses a nice > > > javascript/DHTML input > > > calendar by Lea Smart (www.totallysmartit.com). > > > > > > -- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >
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