gHacks technology news » yesscript http://www.ghacks.net A technology blog covering software, mobile phones, gadgets, security, the Internet and other relevant areas. Tue, 24 Nov 2009 23:31:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en hourly 1 YesScript is NoScript’s Antagonist http://www.ghacks.net/2008/08/12/yesscript-is-noscripts-antagonist/ http://www.ghacks.net/2008/08/12/yesscript-is-noscripts-antagonist/#comments Tue, 12 Aug 2008 13:17:07 +0000 Martin http://www.ghacks.net/?p=6095 NoScript is a highly acclaimed Firefox security add-on that protects the user from scripts that are executed on websites. The approach is to block all scripts on a website unless the website gets whitelisted by the user. While that is certainly the best security approach it does require lots of manual whitelisting in the beginning and when visiting new websites.

Most users on the other hand prefer simplicity and no user interaction and that’s where YesScript comes into play. Its approach is the complete opposite of NoScript. YesScript allows all scripts on all websites unless they are blacklisted by the user.

The advantage of this method is that less user interaction is required. It does however undermine the security aspect because scripts will be executed normally as long as the website is not in the blacklist.

It comes down to an evaluation of the advantages and disadvantages of both methods. NoScript provides enhanced security while YesScript less work and vice versa. Installing YesScript from a security standpoint does not make that much sense but it is quite capable of removing scripts from websites that make extensive use of them.

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