Does NIS protect against Cross Site Scripting?

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Stupidly, I was reading about computer issues and ran across something about "cross site scripting". What I read seemed to indicate not much to do about it, but it was an old article (2006?). So was wondering if NIS has protections in place to guard against this? Paricularly NIS 2010

 

Thanks

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I suggest you use Firefox for browsing with the NoScript - http://noscript.net/  - extension installed. It has good Cross Site Scripting features, enabled by default.

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Calls wrote:

Stupidly, I was reading about computer issues...

Welcome to the club!   :smileyvery-happy:

 

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Calls wrote:

  

Stupidly, I was reading about computer issues and ran across something about "cross site scripting". What I read seemed to indicate not much to do about it, but it was an old article (2006?). So was wondering if NIS has protections in place to guard against this? Paricularly NIS 2010

  

Thanks

 

According to the Symantec 'Attack Signatures' page, there are signatures to protect you against Cross Site Scripting (perform a Find on the phrase 'cross site').

  

Are you still using IE7 or have you upgraded to IE8 as it has a 'Cross Site Scripting (XSS) Filter', as per the IE8 'Stay Safer Online' page? If you haven't upgraded to IE8, then please click on the the 'Read this whitepaper' link at the bottom of 'Stay Safer Online' page to see more information about IE8's online safety features. An important reminder is raised in the Introduction section of this document:

 

"Many of these threats can be mitigated simply by keeping the software on your computer up to date – especially your web browser. Older browsers simply aren’t equipped to handle today’s threats, and even some newer browsers don’t provide the level of protection you need." (page 3)

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is cross scripting always something malicious?

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Please read here for a better understanding of cross-site scripting.

 

https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Cross-site_scripting

 

 

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Bombastus wrote:

I suggest you use Firefox for browsing with the NoScript - http://noscript.net/  - extension installed. It has good Cross Site Scripting features, enabled by default.

 

+1   Nothing comes close to Firefox with NoScript for protecting  you from Cross Site Scripting.

 

You might also like to check out the NoScript forum if you decide to install it. http://forums.informaction.com