Re: ActiveX security hole reported.

• To: garym@softshore.com.au (Gary Meltzer)
• Subject: Re: ActiveX security hole reported.
• From: batie@aahz.jf.intel.com (Alan Batie)
• Date: Wed, 14 Aug 1996 14:34:52 -0700 (PDT)
• Cc: stephen@iu.net, trei@process.com, www-security@ns2.rutgers.edu
• In-Reply-To: <B0000005189@twice.softshore.com.au> from "Gary Meltzer" at Aug 14, 96 11:27:33 am

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

Because this control could instead say "click here to win a million dollars",
and could email your quicken data base (with checkfree access codes and visa
numbers) instead of merely powering down your pc.

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

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