Posted by classroomdns 629 days ago
Category: Content filtering | Tags: domain preview snapshots
It might be better to use snap.com to preview domain names rather than visting them with frames.

Frames doesn't protect the visitor from scripting and other possible damage inflicted by those seeking to create a bad experience for site visitors.
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written by Mark 629 days ago Rating: 3 | Rate Comment: + -

Good idea. My take would be to use snap.com for the domains that haven't generated in the frame yet.

If OpenDNS doesn't want to use snap.com and would like to be self-sufficient, more power to them, but find a way to implement the preview thumbnail as securely as possible.

I don't know much about the risks from scripting in frames but I could see where there could be a risk.

written by voyagerfan5761 627 days ago Rating: 1 | Rate Comment: + -

I don't particularly like Snap previews. If OpenDNS could come to an agreement with say GooglePreview, that would be more acceptable.

written by pschneider 627 days ago - show/hide this comment Rating: -2 | Rate Comment: + -

written by avbentem 626 days ago Rating: 0 | Rate Comment: + -

I don't know if this also applies to the snapshots themselves, but http://www.snap.com/ seems to need Windows specific plugins? Apart from that I like the idea, and share the concern.

written by Nat 604 days ago Rating: 0 | Rate Comment: + -

What is wrong with the current screenshots?

written by sparko 585 days ago Rating: 0 | Rate Comment: + -

Are you talking about thumbnail images which are displayed on search results (OpenDNS Guide) pages?

written by shawnkhall 353 days ago Rating: 0 | Rate Comment: + -

while not a perfect solution, another option would be to add a security attribute to the frame:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms534622.aspx

written by Han 61 days ago Rating: 0 | Rate Comment: + -

This is somewhat same idea with me.


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