Re: DOM traversal ambiguity question

Ory Segal wrote:
> As my previous email mentioned, the child cannot set/get any objects on 
> the parent, but it can still query for their existence, which means that:
> 
> if ( parent.someObject )
> 
> will still return TRUE/FALSE.

As it happens, the child _can_ in fact get a property off the parent 
window if that property is another frame.  At least in some UAs.  That 
seems like a security bug; I wonder whether it can be fixed without 
breaking the web...

-Boris

Received on Monday, 18 August 2008 12:58:34 UTC