quatrix
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Re: not logging out and closing browser?
Contrary to some of the false information here (maybe from the same non-experts who preach against JavaScript and cookies, leave anti-virus and other stuff resident in memory, etc.) there's essentially no difference and nothing to worry about. If you want to see for yourself, log into a secure site, copy the URL, close the browser, reopen it, and try to load the URL. Unless the web site is seriously screwed up, you'll have to log in again. |
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NetFixer
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| said by quatrix  :Contrary to some of the false information here (maybe from the same non-experts who preach against JavaScript and cookies, leave anti-virus and other stuff resident in memory, etc.) there's essentially no difference and nothing to worry about. If you want to see for yourself, log into a secure site, copy the URL, close the browser, reopen it, and try to load the URL. Unless the web site is seriously screwed up, you'll have to log in again. Actually there are a lot of those "seriously screwed up" web sites, including some for some very high profile high tech companies. I have closed the browser and reentered several such sites with no login required from a different computer, but the same public IP address. I would hope that eventually they would time out, but I have done this after several hours on a couple of occasions, so the time out (if any) for those sites is quite long.
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While I admit to being a non-expert, I don't preach against JavaScript or cookies, and seldom use Windows, never for browsing, so I don't leave anti-virus resident in memory. I can report on the little tests I have run on my own, and it is possible to re-open a browser and enter some sites. If the site provides an identifying cookie, and it is still resident in your browser, my experience is that it is more likely to occur. |
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Cudni
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said by quatrix :Contrary to some of the false information here (maybe from the same non-experts who preach against JavaScript .... I don't know what a self confessed expert would say but my common sense tells me not to allow any script to run (Java script being just one) for any site except those that are in Trusted zone which by definition contains sites being trusted (as much as they can be but certainly more than the others) not to inflict any damage
I don't see why should anybody but myself have fun with my computer 
»Mozilla Firefox 3.0 beta 5 DoS vulnerability
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