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Subject:	Re: CNET story on Microsoft defending ActiveX today
From:	peter @ baileynm . com (Peter da Silva)
Date:	Thu, 20 Feb 1997 09:10:30 -0600 (CST)
To:	long-morrow @ CS . YALE . EDU
Cc:	firewalls @ GreatCircle . COM, sneakers @ CS . YALE . EDU
In-reply-to:	<199702192205 . RAA06223 @ SPARKY . CF . CS . YALE . EDU> from "long-morrow @ CS . YALE . EDU" at Feb 19, 97 05:05:39 pm

None of which addresses the question of ActiveX applets being downloaded
and executed under an attacker's control without a user's knowledge.

THAT is the real problem with ActiveX.

THAT is what they need to deal with. Anything else is dissimulation.

References:

CNET story on Microsoft defending ActiveX today
From: long-morrow @ CS . YALE . EDU

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