new security holes in IE and Netscape

[Bob Craigmile]

Actually they're newly discovered holes.    Quoting from:
http://www.nytimes.com/library/cyber/week/072397security.html
see the full story there...

"Both bugs affect Netscape browsers 2.0 and higher, but not Netscape
          3.02 or Netscape Communicator. Microsoft browsers Internet Explorer
          3.0 and higher are affected by the Bell Labs bug, but only the Windows
          95 and NT versions. Also, Microsoft's Platform Preview 1.0 browser is
          affected. 

          Microsoft plans to put up its patches Wednesday morning, and Netscape
          plans to offer them by the end of the week under the name Netscape
          3.03. 

                                     The trouble stems from a gap in the
                                     JavaScript language. Because of the
                                     bugs, someone can set up a Web site
                                     with a JavaScript program that
                                     follows users to other sites and
                                     reports information back, including
                                     the contents of fields in online forms.
                                     If the user is being tracked, a
                                     window, which is not always easily
                                     visible, will open on the screen. The
                                     "tracker" can use the window to
                                     follow the information on the Web
                                     page. Technicians recommend that if
                                     people see an unexpected window
                                     open, they should close it. 

                                     For the tracking to set in, the user
                                     must visit the so-called malicious site
                                     first. "

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