From: "Rob"
Subject: JavaScript
Hey Sidd,
I've been working with Dan and Wally on some site design and I'm curious
about the use of JavaScript. It was my understanding that this cannot be
used in our designs, and I was curious where the suseptibility lies. I
thought that browsers interpret this line-by-line without the need to
execute an application (as in Java applets or Active X), therefore there
would be no security threat. Can you help me understand this a little
better? Thanks!!
Rob
dear rob,
not just javascript... any 'mobile code' i like to think of mobile code as any code that executes on the client .. in this case the machine the webbrowser is running on
i dont like it for two reasons
so to my way of thinking, it is not the fact that the code is compiled/linked/executed or interpreted that is a problem ..
rather
there are other reasons...but these will suffice
i have no objection to interpreted code per se except for the speed and efficiency issues... i have been known to use perl on occasion
sincerely,
sidd