[Gllug] HTML-based Email (Was: A linux printer ?)

John Hearns hearnsj at googlemail.com
Tue Oct 5 17:15:18 UTC 2010


On 5 October 2010 17:59, Richard Jones <rich at annexia.org> wrote:
>
> I don't think the security issue is going to go away, unless we stop
> untalented programmers hacking out HTML renderers in crappy languages
> like C++ (ie. not any time soon).  Once you crack open the HTML door,
> you need to allow so much stuff in -- images, Javascript, the latest
> flavour of dynamic HTML, videos, audio -- that you end up with a
> mountain of code to make secure.

Oh DO keep up daahhhling....
One simply MUST have those cutesie dancing kittens in emails from one's chums.
Work would simply be SUCH a bore without it.


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