full-disclosure - Netscape Communicator META Refresh Denial of Service

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Message-ID: <000701c23022$545827c0$0a00a8c0@violetclub>
From: mail at blazde.co.uk (Roland Postle)
Subject: Netscape Communicator META Refresh Denial of Service

> If a META Refresh navigates to itself with no delay, Netscape
> will loop, causing a stupid DoS.

Does it repeat the request for the page (or at least do an if-not-changed
GET, or a HEAD request)? IE is supposed to do this, so I always assumed
other browsers treated 'Refresh' the same way. If so, there would be a
(slight) delay, depending upon the connection, and it would, in theory, be a
useful feature.

- lazde