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Redirection and refresh parses local file




Redirection and refresh parses local file
("that's all" is the end of file if you are in a hurry)

[tested]
OS:WinXp
Microsoft Internet Explorer v6.Sp1; up-to-date on 2003/10/30

[demo]
http://www.safecenter.net/UMBRELLAWEBV4/IredirNrefresh/IredirNrefresh-MyPage.htm

[exp]
if an iframe whose SRC points to a CGI redirecting to a local URL, location of 
the iframe will be equal to the local URL. then, refreshing the iframe OR 
refreshing the top window will make the local URL be parsed.

that's all.

the first post about this issue is
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/342317
then Thor Larholm wrote it's the 3 slashes after "file:" that make IE accept 
the HTTP redirection.
( http://pivx.com/larholm/list/pivx.10.24.macromediaflashcookies.txt )
actually, that's not the key point. "file://", "file:///" and 
"[DriveLetter]:\[...]" are okay.

it's added to "Unpatched IE Bugs" list at http://continue.to/trie

[people]
greetings to:
the Pull, dror, guninski and mkill.

thanks to:
http://www.leox.com/

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