Being safe on the internet (was Re: Here we go again - ISP DPI, but is it interception?)
Ian Miller
uk-crypto at singularis.ltd.uk
Thu Aug 5 01:02:28 BST 2010
At 17:28 +0100 4/8/10, Derek Fawcus wrote:
>Depending upon browser, client OS, and server, going up the tree
>can be achieved by:
>
> 1) Append '../'
> 2) Use backspace/delete to remove the characters at the tail of the URL
> 3) Use the mouse to sweep out (select) the the tail of the URL,
> then press backspace/delete.
> 4) Some combination of double/triple click on the last component to
> select it, then backspace/delete.
>
>Of these, when available 4 is the easiest, followed by 1.
Actually there is (when available) an even easier method:-
5) Click on the "Up" button.
Konqueror is the only browser that I know for sure has this, but there may
well be other browsers that do. Browsers that, like Konqueror, are
designed to work both as web and file-system browser are more likely to
have such a facility.
With Konqueror I have on occasion truncated a URI by accidently hitting the
up-button. Being next to the back-button, and the same colour it is very
easy to do.
Ian
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