netscape commerce server using javascript???

["Ron Snyder" <snyder @ roguewave . com>]

Sorry if this is a FAQ, but I've been reading for a while and don't 
recall seeing this come up.

I was just informed by our webmaster that the netscape commerce 
server uses javascript for remote admin.  In order for him to 
administer the web server (which is outside the FW, of course), 
Netscape requires him to have javascript capability to the machine.  

I was just getting ready to disable javascript through the firewall 
when he told me this.  Here are my questions:

1) Is it _really_, _really_ dumb of Netscape to REQUIRE javascript to 
admin the server?

2) Is there any way that I can have my cake (disable java*) and eat 
it too (let him admin the server)?  These are the possibilities I can 
see:
   a) tell him to dial in to the web server
      (modem should be dial-out only, so this is a bad idea)
   b) Have him use ISDN to establish his admin sessions to the web 
      server.
      (What problems does the existence of his desktop ISDN 
       connection give me?)

What are some other options that I'm not seeing?

Thanks,
-ron
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