In comp.lang.java.programmer Mike Meyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote or quoted: > Tim Tyler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > In comp.lang.java.programmer Mike Meyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote or quoted:
> >> The technial problems have been solved for over a decade. NeXT shipped > >> systems that used text/richtext, which has none of the problems that > >> HTML has. The problems are *social* - you've got to arrange for > >> people to use mail/news readers that understand a rich text format > >> that isn't a vector for viruses. > > > > It's not HTML that has problems, it's Microsoft's crappy software. > > HTML is a problem on *other* peoples crappy software as well. It > wasn't designed to carry code content, but has been hacked up to do > that. Are there any examples of HTML email causing security problems - outside of Microsoft's software? I can think of one: the JPEG virus. However, that affected practically any program that could render JPEGs - not just HTML. > > Writing virus-free HTML renderers is not hard - but of course > > Microsoft can still screw it up. > > Sure - just disable all the features that make people want to use HTML > instead of something else. Not so: you disable Java, Javascript and plugins. You leave the ability to format, colour and hint documents. This is not /that/ difficult. > > Don't blame HTML for viruses - *every* document format Microsoft has > > anything to do with becomes a vector for viruses. > > Which would mean that every open format that MS has had anything to do > with comes a vector for viruses. Somehow, I'm not buying it. I exaggerate only slightly. -- __________ |im |yler http://timtyler.org/ [EMAIL PROTECTED] Remove lock to reply. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
