[Web4lib] Active X controls

Wilson MacGyver wmacgyver at gmail.com
Mon Jun 19 17:55:17 EDT 2006


It's worse than that. Even if you somehow figure out a way to contain them
as
only Power User, letting public install ActiveX as they desire, will open up
to all sorts of spyware/phishing attacks. It would impact all other users
that will use the machines afterwards.

On 6/19/06, Gair Helfrich <ghelfrich at aclsys.org> wrote:
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> Hi everyone,
>
>
>
> Delurking for a question about Active X. Currently our public PCs have a
> "library" user and an "administrator" user. These machines are also
> protected by Centurion Guard or Deep Freeze as well as by Fortres.  The
> public PCs use the library user-a standard user with no administrative
> privileges. We're running into problems with sites that use Active X
> since it can't be installed by a standard user and the patrons are
> unhappy that they can't use the site they want.
>
>
> I think we could set up a Power User, but according to some sites I've
> read that would allow a "creative mind" to set themselves up as an
> administrator-not something I want to have happen.
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