Risky sniffing

MIME sniffing in Internet Explorer enables cross-site scripting attacks

Uploading images is a standard requirement in any Web 2.0 application, but some features of Internet Explorer need to be carefully handled, otherwise a gap can open up and facilitate cross-site scripting attacks on site visitors.

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Published:: 02.14.09 / 1pm

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This blog is a spinoff of the pocketinsanity project; its main target is not only development for windows mobile but software development in general and specifically more cryptographic and security related (more to come).