Re: [SAGE] Google Web Accelerator?

[Dan Lowe <dan@tangledhelix.com>]

On May 7, 2005, at 8:22 PM, Brad Knowles wrote:

> Folks,
>
> 	Has anyone noticed any problems with GWA?  I found this page at  
> <http://37signals.com/svn/archives2/ 
> google_web_accelerator_hey_not_so_fast_an_alert_for_web_app_designers.p 
> hp> which implies there are some very serious problems, but I have not  
> had any personal experience with it, so I can't really say.

I've also had no personal experience with it, but there seem to be a  
whole lot of reasons to avoid this thing like the plague.  A few random  
selections from a long list of reasons...

http://radar.oreilly.com/archives/2005/05/google_web_acce_1.html

http://www.somethingawful.com/articles.php?a=2858

http://news.zdnet.co.uk/internet/security/0,39020375,39197327,00.htm

  -dan


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