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Date: Tue, 03 Mar 2009 11:30:41 -0500
From: Valdis.Kletnieks@...edu
To: Chris Evans <scarybeasts@...il.com>
Cc: full-disclosure <full-disclosure@...ts.grok.org.uk>
Subject: Re: Apple Safari ... DoS Vulnerability

On Mon, 02 Mar 2009 22:49:41 PST, Chris Evans said:
> So, you have injected HTML into stupid.com, and you choose to inflict
> the fury of a closing tab upon hapless visitors?

If your intent is to cause stupid.com to lose traffic while flying under
the wire, that's a good place to start.  Trashing the hapless visitor's
machine may draw attention to your ruse, but if you can just make it close
up, people will it it 2-3 times, say to themselves "Ah fsck, another lame
broken website" and move on.

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