> The major browsers I've tested — Safari, Chrome, Firefox — all allow web pages to send requests not only to localhost but also to any IP address on your Local Area Network! Can you believe that? I'm both astonished and horrified.
I'm sorry but WtF who is this guy, every web developer will know this, and every developer should expect it since it's just an extension of basic networking knowledge applied to web browsers. It's not horrifying, it's basics, a great many things have depended on this fact to function for a very long time.
Yes functionality can work against you when abused, no this is not a special case.
I'm sorry but WtF who is this guy, every web developer will know this, and every developer should expect it since it's just an extension of basic networking knowledge applied to web browsers. It's not horrifying, it's basics, a great many things have depended on this fact to function for a very long time.
Yes functionality can work against you when abused, no this is not a special case.