IP: We shall see .. EOF A bit more of why I sent out the MS message

[David Farber <farber@cis.upenn.edu>]

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>Date: Fri, 27 Aug 1999 13:53:48 -0400
>To: David Farber <farber@cis.upenn.edu>
>From: Peter Wayner <pcw@flyzone.com>
>Subject: Re: IP: A bit more of why I sent out the MS message
>
>>and what else can one do with bad scripts to a site uh?
>
>Oh, you could do thousands of things with bad scripts, but I don't 
>think that this illustrates it. The NYT or the WSJ would not have a 
>script that would let you write your own headline. If you made one 
>up, it wouldn't give you any story associated with it and then only 
>you would see the effect of your own genius. It wouldn't promulgate.
>
>This isn't to minimize the problem of hackers or security, it's just 
>script holes like this don't seem to come close to the real problems.