[Liverpool] Websites writing registry keys

[Sebastian Arcus]

I apologise again for the heresy. I have washed my mouth with soap after 
even thinking of Windows. Oh, damn, I've done it again! Where is that 
soap bar?

What is that that I'm seeing? It looks suspiciously like a burning stake 
and a lynch mob. Hmm, better get my coat now. The one with the rocket 
backpack in the pockets.

Sebastian



On 23/06/11 13:42, Andrew Bates wrote:
> quick, someone put Sebastian into protective custody. he is talking
> about THAT operating system here!
>
> On 23 June 2011 13:42, Sebastian Arcus <shop at open-t.co.uk
> <mailto:shop at open-t.co.uk>> wrote:
>
>     While looking for some other bit of information, I stumbled about
>     the fact that some websites write information under some registry
>     keys in Windows, namely:
>
>     HKCU\Software\Microsoft\__Windows\CurrentVersion\__Explorer\UserAssist\
>
>     They seem to be counters of various sorts, which are encrypted with
>     a really weak encryption (ROT-13) and used by various local software
>     and websites to keep track of things.
>
>     What absolutely stumps me is that I always thought that, without the
>     use of Java or ActiveX, "normal" websites don't have access to the
>     registry, or any other part of the file system except the Cookies
>     and Internet Temp folders.
>
>     Does anybody know any more about this? Specially the ones in the
>     group involved more closely with webdesign? How exactly do those
>     websites gain access to the registry? How often is the practice used?
>
>     This is all news to me. I know we are a Linux list, but I also know
>     many of you are concerned with privacy and security issues - so I'm
>     posting by the off chance there are others interested in this.
>
>     Sebastian
>
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