Re: FLASH: DoD Policy: attn. Macromedia Support

[Michael@BTW]

Hmm, my impression was that the DOD doesn't know the difference between an

Active x control and a Netscape plug-in;-) (the more generous reading of

this fear is that simply turning off active x in MSIE does not really ensure

that it will never run).  But I may not be the best one to ask as I don't

even know any surefire way to securely disable active x (that would prevent

a user from re-enabling it-) on Win9.x with MSIE. If they are using NT you

can lock down the config with Active X off, but it would seem to me that if

you know how to do that, you might as well lock down the config to signed

active x controls (installed after testing by the SysAdmin), prevent the

user from installing any new ones, and disable scripting active x options

rather than completely cripple a major function of an internet browser.


Otherwise, MSIE is so completely integrated into Win9.x, deleting

iexplore.exe and running Netscape is the next best option. As mentioned NS

runs fine off of a read only server volume, meaning that sys admins can

config it and prevent clients from changing that config. Generally, it is

easier to lock down a server volume than the config of a client station.

What good (as in scientific, based on fact, etc.) reason for not using

Netscape if your afraid of Active X I'm not sure of...?


> Well the problem we're discussing is that the DoD uses

> IE exclusively (at least that's how I read it)...

> 

> Have you got some solution for that problem?


For running MSIE 5 with Flash but without Active X? Yep. But it ain't cheap

and it ships with a hockey puck for a mouse;-)...


> 


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Michael Penney

Sharpener of the Cutting Edge

BigTimeWeb.Com




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