> -----Original Message----- > From: S. Isaac Dealey [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, March 02, 2005 5:29 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: new cf website... > > >> Lastly many firewall programs can also disable script in > >> pages. > > Not entirely accurate afaik... Some personal firewalls, notably > Norton's will filter incoming html documents to remove all or > sometimes just certain javascript elements (popups for instance). But > I believe these generally actually function by examining and > selectively editing the html coming in off of the port rather than by
This is exactly how they work - they rewrite the page as it's streaming in. This can play some havoc with pages that depend on that script too much. There are also certain "Viruses" that can be distributed via script (they're actually not really "viruses" but rather "exploits", but still - they is bad things). I know that McAfee does a lot of this - and I think I remember Norton doing the same thing. Even if you're having problems I believe you could still open a local script and run it (because they don't actually affect the browser settings). > changing the browser settings internally. I could be wrong, but I had > a hard time understanding how it was that they could selectively > remove banner adds otherwise (a feature of Norton's last I knew). They use several methods but Norton's was one of the worst: they simply eliminate ANY graphic that's the same dimensions of common ads. I went CRAZY one day trying to find out why my graphics weren't appearing in my CF output - then I discovered that Norton was doing it. It doesn't place a comment inline (so you could see it when viewing source) or ANYTHING. It's one of the main reasons I gave up on Norton (that and the fact that it's spam tool couldn't be turned off or uninstalled AT ALL). Most better engines simply refuse to fetch graphics from known advertisers - this seems to cut down a significant percentage for me. Jim Davis ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's customer support efficiency by 100% http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=49 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:149002 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
