On Fri, 2003-10-10 at 08:15, J.C. Woods wrote: > Miark wrote: > > >This may be just me, but "locking out" anybody based on their browser is > >not a tactic that is compatible or consistent with the Open Source way. > > > >In fact I think it's below us. We should be taking the high road and > >setting an example cuz 1) that's the quality of people we want to be. 2) > >We don't want Linux users developing a reputation of warring against M$. > >We about being pro-Linux, not anti-M$. 3) It punishes computer users who > >are too inexperienced to know how to change their browser. And 4) which > >is perhaps the most important, our way is of freedom--including the > >freedom to use the software we want. It would be the height of hypocrisy > >for legions of Linux webmasters to laud freedom while compelling > >visitors to use or not use software of their choice. It just ain't us. > > > >Miark > > > <polite insert><rant> > > Your missing the point, Miark. This is not what HMac is doing (and do > jump in if I have you wrong, HMac). He is not concerned with hostile > attitudes against those that use IE: he is against the Corporation that > has shown very little regard for your security, and they are costing you > money right now! Don't take my word for it, just fire up some sniffer of > your own choosing, i.e. ethereal, and have a look at the cluster-fuck > out there. I pay good money for my dsl, and, because of a plethora of > bogus, virus-oriented traffic due to M$, i.e. rpc exploits (port 135), > netbios exploits (port 138 and port 139), SMB exploits (port 445), IIS > exploits (all http and https ports), and all the other email virus that > bottlenecks the internet (I think the list could go on ad infinitum), I > pay by not having but maybe, at best, 80 percent of my pipe. > > What it seems like to me, is that HaywireMac is on an educational > crusade, and I, for one, laud him on this endeavor. The re-direct page > can be done in a really well thought out fashion. Wording can be > included that will help others get the hell off of anything to do with > M$. That kind of effort will certainly have Billy re-tooling his > thinking. It is time for us all to make a stand..... > </polite insert></rant> > > Go for it, WildMan > > drjung \
Ok easiest way is via javascript.... check out the redirection scripts here. http://www.scriptsearch.com/JavaScript/Scripts/Redirection/ James
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