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| 1 <div id="pageData-title" class="pageData">Cross-Origin XMLHttpRequest</div> | 1 <div id="pageData-name" class="pageData">Cross-Origin XMLHttpRequest</div> |
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| 3 <!-- BEGIN AUTHORED CONTENT --> | 3 <!-- BEGIN AUTHORED CONTENT --> |
| 4 <p id="classSummary"> | 4 <p id="classSummary"> |
| 5 Regular web pages can use the | 5 Regular web pages can use the |
| 6 <a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/XMLHttpRequest/">XMLHttpRequest</a> | 6 <a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/XMLHttpRequest/">XMLHttpRequest</a> |
| 7 object to send and receive data from remote servers, | 7 object to send and receive data from remote servers, |
| 8 but they're limited by the | 8 but they're limited by the |
| 9 <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Same_origin_policy">same origin policy</a>
. | 9 <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Same_origin_policy">same origin policy</a>
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| 10 Extensions aren't so limited. | 10 Extensions aren't so limited. |
| 11 An extension can talk to remote servers outside of its origin, | 11 An extension can talk to remote servers outside of its origin, |
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| 139 </pre> | 139 </pre> |
| 140 <p> | 140 <p> |
| 141 Additionally, be especially careful of resource retrieved via HTTP. If your | 141 Additionally, be especially careful of resource retrieved via HTTP. If your |
| 142 extension is used on a hostile network, an network attacker (aka a <a | 142 extension is used on a hostile network, an network attacker (aka a <a |
| 143 href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Man-in-the-middle_attack">"man-in-the-middle"
</a>) | 143 href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Man-in-the-middle_attack">"man-in-the-middle"
</a>) |
| 144 could modify the response and, potentially, attack your extension. Instead, | 144 could modify the response and, potentially, attack your extension. Instead, |
| 145 prefer HTTPS whenever possible. | 145 prefer HTTPS whenever possible. |
| 146 </p> | 146 </p> |
| 147 | 147 |
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