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Subject: Re: ActiveX and Java Filtering
From: Todd Graham Lewis <lists @ reflections . eng . mindspring . net>
Date: Mon, 12 May 1997 13:15:46 -0400 (EDT)
To: Irwin Lazar <lazar @ netevolve . com>
Cc: firewalls @ greatcircle . com
In-reply-to: <3 . 0 . 1 . 32 . 19970512104026 . 00876180 @ netevolve . com>

On Mon, 12 May 1997, Irwin Lazar wrote:

> I am curious to see how organizations are handling the threat of rouge Java
> or ActiveX code being accessed by their end-users. 

They're ignoring it.  (Try convincing a marketing type that IE can be
dangerous.) 

> Is this something that should just be blocked outright at the firewall,

Yes.

> or do major firewall vendors incorporate some sort of checking of code
> before it is allowed to pass, possibly to see if it is electronically
> signed? 

Not to my knowledge.

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Todd Graham Lewis          MindSpring Enterprises      tlewis @
 mindspring .
 com



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