"Browser Redirect" User Consent Panel: YES!
@ Chris C Posted Wednesday 28th January 2009 17:28 GMT
"Lastly, we need browsers to become smart enough to not endlessly redirect us to random sites simply because a host uses a 3xx redirect, meta refresh, or Javascript location change, at least not without explicit consent. Changing to another page in the same site/domain is one thing, but redirecting from safe-site.local to i-am-going-to-infect-you.com is another. A change in this behavior alone would eliminate probably at least 90% of the infections."
Amid all the ICANN-dependent approaches thus far hoisted, this *local* approach sure does look as though it'd be the fastest and simplest to implement. In fact, I am sore tempted to build me up a dedicated compiler box on sheer exuberant impulse, just to have a go at, say, Galeon's source to that end. Konqueror too, for that matter.
But alas, I am already pre-overbooked by two years' worth of pending promises already. Ah, but I LIKE that approach very much indeed!
Any takers in position to give it a whirl over the next few weeks? You cut the patch code, .deb and .rpm it and all; I'll very gladly do the wee update to the docko. (That's all I am really much good at in this field, but gee, I'd LOVE to take part on that.)
Anyone from Team KDE in the house today?