- From: Kristof Zelechovski <giecrilj@stegny.2a.pl>
- Date: Sat, 27 Sep 2008 17:52:25 +0200
If you set up a mirror with the same host name as the content provider has, you will probably get sued for identity theft, cybersquatting, forgery or whatever. Chris -----Original Message----- From: Elliotte Harold [mailto:elharo@metalab.unc.edu] Sent: Saturday, September 27, 2008 3:22 PM To: Kristof Zelechovski Cc: 'WHAT WG List' Subject: Re: [whatwg] Dealing with UI redress vulnerabilities inherent to the current web Kristof Zelechovski wrote: > In order to store guest media: > 1. The mirror host would need a broadcasting licence. > 2. The mirror host would have to support the encoder (if it supports dynamic > resolution adjustment). > 3. If it is Flash, the player might refuse to play if loaded from a > different URL than expected. I don't mean mirrors with different host names. I mean mirrors with the same hostnames, exacltly as is done today for high volume web sites. www.yahoo.com is not just one box after all. -- Elliotte Rusty Harold elharo at metalab.unc.edu Refactoring HTML Just Published! http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0321503635/ref=nosim/cafeaulaitA
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