08-22-2011
Something to keep in mind is that some browsers implement their own dns resolving routines, instead of using the system's. I would assume that they'd consult the host file, but with web browsers being as complex, insecure, and error-prone as they are, one should never take anything for granted.
By the way, does your bank not use HTTPS? If it does, you shouldn't have to worry about dns poisoning. If it doesn't, I'd be more concerned by a man-in-the-middle.
Regards,
Alister
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wwwbrowser
WWWBrowser(3pm) User Contributed Perl Documentation WWWBrowser(3pm)
NAME
WWWBrowser - platform independent means to start a WWW browser
SYNOPSIS
use WWWBrowser;
WWWBrowser::start_browser($url, -oldwindow => 1);
DESCRIPTION
start_browser($url [, %args])
Start a web browser with the specified URL. The process is started in background.
The following optional parameters are recognized:
-oldwindow => $bool
Normally, the URL is loaded into a new window, if possible. With "-oldwindow" set to a false window, "WWWBrowser" will try to re-use a
browser window.
-browser => $browser
Use (preferebly) the named browser $browser. See "CONFIGURATION" for a some browser specialities. This option will only work for unix.
CONFIGURATION
For unix, the global variable @WWWBrowser::unix_browsers can be set to a list of preferred web browsers. The following browsers are handled
specially:
lynx, w3m
Text oriented browsers, which are opened in an "xterm", "kvt" or "gnome-terminal" (if running under X11). If not running under X11,
then no background process is started.
kfmclient
Use "openURL" method of kfm.
netscape
Use "-remote" option to re-use a running netscape process, if possible.
_default_gnome
Look into the "~/.gnome/Gnome" configuration file for the right browser.
_default_kde
NYI.
The following variables can be defined globally in the main package:
$os Short name of operating system ("win", "mac" or "unix").
&status_messages
Error handling function (instead of default "warn").
REQUIREMENTS
For Windows, the Win32Util module should be installed in the path.
AUTHOR
Slaven Rezic <slaven@rezic.de>
COPYRIGHT
Copyright (c) 1999,2000,2001,2003 Slaven Rezic. All rights reserved. This module is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the same terms as Perl itself.
SEE ALSO
Win32Util.
perl v5.10.0 2009-03-10 WWWBrowser(3pm)