RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 164853 165032
[GTK] JavaScript alert() DOS protection 
https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=165032
Summary [GTK] JavaScript alert() DOS protection
Carlos Alberto Lopez Perez
Reported 2016-11-22 09:35:08 PST
From #webkitgtk+: <ManDay> Shouldn't webkit/epiphany have a popup-spam protection of some sorts? I'm filling out an online form at ESA which was apparently written by some genious web-designer... once you enter more than 60 characters in the field "Education : Major Subjects" you are stuck in an infinite alert() loop <ManDay> http://appform.esa.int/was-html/VNApplicationForm.htm?VN=ESA/YG-ESTEC(2016)063 <ManDay> (same happens for firefox, but there the javascript cannot be intercepted in the debugger, either, which is why i tried epiphany) Indeed. It seems that if a page starts creating javascript alert() notifications without stopping the only solution is to *kill* the *whole* browser. Is not even possible to close the bad tab :( I found this old related bug https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=17560 Not sure if is viable to implement this protection on webkitgtk+ itself. But that would be ideal.
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Michael Catanzaro
Comment 1 2016-11-22 10:44:05 PST
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 164853 ***
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