28 Feb
2005
28 Feb
'05
3:32 p.m.
On Monday, February 28, 2005, 6:58:38 AM, John Delisle wrote:
Your comment re security hole is not accurate. It in no way is a security concern for them. How can this possibly impact, in terms of their security?
In a narrow sense, an open redirector doesn't a direct breech eBay's network or anything like that, but in a more general sense, it is a security problem because it becomes much easier to impersonate their site, do a phish that looks to the casual observer like it goes to eBay, make eBay appear to host objectionable sites, etc. Sometimes it's good to take the 20,000 foot view of things.
Jeff C. -- "If it appears in hams, then don't list it."