vesco
Joined: 17 Jun 2006
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 Posted: 06/17/06 - 04:00 Post subject: Active X concerns |
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| Hi. I am not an expert in computer science, but do understand a lot of stuff. The doubt that is badgering me lately is whether to enable Active X on my web browser, or not. IE offers granular settings that enable Active X controls to be downloaded or run, in different situations at different sites. What are the concerns that I need to have in my mind when deciding whether to enable Active X, or not? |
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niesen
Joined: 17 Jun 2006
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| Posted: 07/20/06 - 07:42 Post subject: |
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Hi, I will try to explain this. A few important things to know about Active X controls. Main problem is its security issue. Active X controls is a kind of portable software that is based on Component Object Model (COM), the feature that enables interoperability among binary software components of a different kind. This makes different kind of code work with Microsoft products in a very effective way. Basically, Active X code, once downloaded and run on your OS, can do whatever you can do when in front of your desktop. It is a very powerful tool and is to be concerned with respect. Problem is in the fact that security applied to this feature is at the level: I trust this source or I do not trust it. Once you decide that you trust some resource (web site) to download and execute code, you do not have control over its execution. And what this code can do? Just as I sad, anything. Java is not a security issue in the same way. So if you do need to run some active content that web supplies, I suggest not |
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