Re: Re[6]: [Full-disclosure] Update: [GSEC-TZO-44-2009] One bug to rule them all - Firefox, IE, Safari, Opera, Chrome, Seamonkey, iPhone, iPod, Wii, PS3....

[Michal Zalewski <lcamtuf@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

> http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-DOM-Level-1/level-one-html.html
> ------------------------------------------------------
>  readonly attribute  long                 length;
> ------------------------------------------------------

That was DOM Level 1 (1999). Even level 2 (2000) has this as read-write:

http://www.w3.org/TR/DOM-Level-2-HTML/html.html#ID-94282980

Also keep in mind that with relatively few exceptions, W3C simply
trailed and struggled to capture status quo (or some compromise
representation thereof) back then.

/mz