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IrishAyes

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Thu Aug 15, 2013, 05:30 PM Aug 2013

? on getting ready to work wireless [View all]

I haven't yet logged on that way but will be doing so exclusively soon. In an effort to heighten security because I'll be tailgaiting on an open system with permission - not ghosting - I installed a vpn and revisited my internet security settings. I never did have them set to allow file sharing.

Don't bust a gut laughing now, but I had no earthly idea at first what mime sniffing is. It sounded dangerous so I disabled it. Now after further research I begin to suspect that perhaps I should leave it enabled since I installed a vpn anyway, and mime sniffing seems to serve a reasonably safe and perhaps necessary function.

What say you all?

Sorry I forgot to say at first that I run Win7 and almost exclusively use the Chrome browser. Used to be a FireFox fan, not so anymore.

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I think if the web server does not provide the content type for the object... ChromeFoundry Aug 2013 #1
Thanks IrishAyes Aug 2013 #2
Mime Sniffing? Fantastic Anarchist Aug 2013 #3
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