From: Bret Pettichord <bret@...>
Date: 2005-01-17T01:54:47+09:00
Subject: Re: Web Testing in Ruby

At 02:59 PM 1/14/2005, Nathaniel Talbott wrote:
>Couldn't a client-side HTTP proxy be used to remove the need for something 
>to be installed on the server side, and thus make it possible to use 
>Selenium for any web application, not just those for which there is 
>server-side access? Just a thought, since Selenium sounds very intriguing, 
>but the server-side requirement seems a bit onerous.

We've built at least one prototype for this and have been discussing other 
methods of doing this.

One risk is that as soon as you configure your browser to use this proxy, 
you know open up your system to cross-site scripting attacks.

Bret


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