Re: FN-FORUM xssi

date posted 10th July 2001 16:44

At 15:47 10/07/2001 +0100, David wrote:
>ian mentioned that you could use xssi to include remote files, i cant find
>anything about this but would like to know more since imo its a sodding
>security hazard.

I'd have thought that too.

To be honest it is being used by a client of mine, but I didn't pay too
much attention as I wasn't responsible for the technical implementation of
their project. All I know is that it's being used and I can't say what for
before I signed a NDA.

Google brings up plenty of links relating to XSSI, but this particular
article might help:

http://hotwired.lycos.com/webmonkey/97/39/index1a.html

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