Howard M. Stark wrote: > I was denied by Mozilla .9.5 and NS 6.2 access to the local library > catalogue search engine for security with a note saying the site was > blocked for security reasons. I found out how to override this in the NS > 6.2 release notes. > > My question is what sort of security am I losing by overriding this > browser setup?
A malicious web page owner could craft a URL which goes to a SOCKS proxy on port 1080 of another machine and get your machine to do nasty things. I think. n.p.m.security is a better place to ask. Gerv
