Active X controls

On Mon, 19 Jun 2006, Gair Helfrich wrote:

> 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.

Installing an ActiveX object on a PC is, in fact, installing
a foreign
program. It is just as dangerous as installing any other
program. You
certainly don't want to allow any user to install any
ActiveX object!

You MAY want to have a process whereby a user could apply to
have a
certain ActiveX object added to your list of approved
installs, which
probably includes Flash Player, for instance. You would then
want to
evaluate its reliability, security, provenance, etc.

Regards,
....Bob Rasmussen,   President,   Rasmussen Software, Inc.

personal e-mail: rasanzio.com
 company e-mail: rsianzio.com
          voice: (US) 503-624-0360 (9:00-6:00 Pacific Time)
            fax: (US) 503-624-0760
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