Re: ActiveX security hole reported.

• To: www-security@ns2.rutgers.edu
• Subject: Re: ActiveX security hole reported.
• From: "Mark G. Scheuern" <mgscheue@Oakland.edu>
• Date: Wed, 14 Aug 1996 12:27:24 -0400 (EDT)
• In-Reply-To: <B0000005189@twice.softshore.com.au>

> On Tue, 13 Aug 1996 17:57:52 -0400, stephen@iu.net wrote:

> Which part do people find the most impressive? -
> that the Win95 shutdown API works as documented
> or that all these security experts are downloading and running
> software designed to do something they don't want?

That Microsoft provides such a mechanism makes an impression, and not
in a postive way.

> How does this control differ from an HTML page that tells
> readers to turn the power switch off?

The difference isn't obvious to you?

Mark

• Re: ActiveX security hole reported.
• From: garym@softshore.com.au (Gary Meltzer)

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