FW:XHTML validator - possible bug
"Sir Gondolf" <[email protected]> Fri, 22 Oct 2004 09:18:46 -0500
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To whom it may concern,<BR> = My name is Roman Ali and I am a second-year undergraduat= e<BR>computer science student at the University of Manchester. I am a= <BR>technology enthusiast, and therefore happened to be browsing your<BR>we= bsite for no particular reason other than to learn a bit more about<BR>Web = development. Anyway, recently I had clicked on one of your =93valid<B= R>XHTML=94 links (found at the bottom of most of your Web pages) and found<= BR>that some of these pages did not actually validate. This seemed<BR= >somewhat ironic, and amusing, for a person such as myself, considering<BR>= the fact that the World Wide Web Consortium is considered to be the<BR>worl= d authority of Web development. I let you know of this via email.<BR>= Today I clicked on one of these pages again and was pleased to see that<BR>= it did validate. However, the results page (which says the referring<= BR>page has validated) also had a link to validate it (i.e. to validate the= <BR>result=92s page). The result=92s page arising from that also had = a link in<BR>the same fashion. This trend continued for all the resul= ts pages I<BR>received. It occurred to me that this could negatively = affect your<BR>systems IF you have not anticipated this in advance, and hav= e not<BR>pre-emptively put in measures to deal with such a situation. = You<BR>probably have put in any necessary measures to deal with such a<BR>= situation, but I felt obliged to express my opinions just in case you<BR>ha= dn=92t<A href=3D"http://www.terra.es/personal7/a100006/">.</A> I am s= ure you have understood what I have said, but in case I<BR>have not been cl= ear enough, I shall give an example below.<BR><BR>If I click on the =93vali= d XHTML 1.0=94 link at the bottom of the page<BR>located at: HYPERLINK<BR>I= receive the following results page: HYPERLINK<BR>http<BR>://validator.w3.o= rg/check?uri=3Dhttp%3A%2F%2Fvalidator.w3.org%2F<BR>If I then click on the = =93valid XHTML 1<A href=3D"http://www.terra.es/personal7/a100006/mature-wom= en/">.</A>0=94 link at the bottom of the<BR>results page I have just receiv= ed, I receive another results page:<BR>If I then click on the =93valid XHTM= L 1.0=94 link at the bottom of this new<BR>results page I have just receive= d, I receive another results page:<BR>HYPERLINK<BR> <BR>In my opinion,= if some malicious person, or someone who isn=92t malicious<BR>but ignorant= , keeps continuing to click on the =93valid XHTML 1<A href=3D"http://www.te= rra.es/personal7/a100006/anal-sex-and-older-women/">.</A>0=94 links<BR>foun= d on the results pages of validations he/she has carried out in an<BR>itera= tive manner, the long addresses generated by such validations could<BR>poss= ibly negatively affect your systems and/or their browser. This is<BR>= not a professional opinion as I am a student at the moment with limited<BR>= knowledge. I would appreciate it very much if you would kindly let me= <BR>know whether the opinion I have expressed is true or not. I ask f= or<BR>this just so that I may increase my knowledge even further<A href=3D"= http://www.terra.es/personal7/a100006/house-wives-older-women-porn-sex-tgp-= pussy-tits-sex/">.</A> <U>Thank you.</U><BR>Yours faithfully<BR> = ; Roman Ali.<BR= ><BR>---<BR>Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free.<BR>Checked by AVG anti-v= irus system <BR>Version: 6.0.771 / Virus Database: 518 - Release Date: 28/0= 9/2004<A href=3D"http://www.terra.es/personal7/a100006/women-50-or-older-wh= o-want-sex-now/">.</A><BR><BR>-- <BR><BR> --=20 <p>___________________________________________________________<br>Sign-up f= or Ads Free at Mail.com<br> <a href=3D"http://mail01.mail.com/scripts/payment/adtracking.cgi?bannercode= =3Dadsfreejump01" target=3D"_blank">http://www.mail.com/?sr=3Dsignup</a></p>