[Webkit-unassigned] [Bug 16198] New: Activity window does not show images which are cached

bugzilla-daemon at webkit.org bugzilla-daemon at webkit.org
Thu Nov 29 23:31:05 PST 2007


http://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=16198

           Summary: Activity window does not show images which are cached
           Product: WebKit
           Version: 525+ (Nightly build)
          Platform: Macintosh
        OS/Version: Mac OS X 10.5
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: Normal
          Priority: P2
         Component: Page Loading
        AssignedTo: webkit-unassigned at lists.webkit.org
        ReportedBy: mysticalos at windstream.net


if an image is drawn from hard disk cache, activity window will completely
ignore image size/url on actual page. It will appear as if it does not even
exist.

This may seem like a minor bug at first. But i have already observed one such
website that is exploiting it by means of tricking Safari into loading blocked
content. i.e., you blocked banners.site.com in hosts file via 127.0.0.1 then,
go to that site. At first the images would be blocked properly. But when you
click any links on that site, it would redirect to a different path for the
advertisements. Then, it would cache those advertisements. Now when you return
to original page the blocked advertisements are now loaded from cache (and
hidden from activity window).

On Attached file. Download page to disk. open it in webkit. Observe that
activity window properly shows the background image. Then click the test page 2
url. You reload a near identical page with same image that loads straight from
cache and is totally obstructed from safari's view, activity window does not
show any existence of the image.


-- 
Configure bugmail: http://bugs.webkit.org/userprefs.cgi?tab=email
------- You are receiving this mail because: -------
You are the assignee for the bug, or are watching the assignee.



More information about the webkit-unassigned mailing list