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> -----Original Message----- > From: Jim Ancona [mailto:scarhill@y...] > Sent: Thursday, August 15, 2002 9:38 AM > To: Dare Obasanjo; xml-dev@l... > Subject: RE: What the .... ? Referencing XSL > stylesheets across domains > > > First of all, can anyone confirm that this restriction is in > fact intended to prevent some sort of attack? I think I'm the > person who originally suggested that might be the reason, but > I have no idea if that is in fact the case. I've talked to some of the people involved with XSLT who've dealt with the IE folks who confirmed that it was a security issue. > Second, if script in stylesheets is the problem, then the > issue is with Microsoft's extensions to XSLT, not XSLT > itself. In that case, a better solution might be to disable > those scripting extensions in stylesheets from a foreign > domain, not refuse to load the stylesheet at all. Security concerns about executing XML documents from domains other than the requested domain go beyond executing script blocks. Some of which Joshua pointed out. -- PITHY WORDS OF WISDOM Blessed are the meek for they shall inherit the Earth, minus 40% inheritance tax. This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.
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