Date: Tue, 16 Nov 1999 16:34:31 -0800 (PST) From: Matthew Dillon <dillon@apollo.backplane.com> To: Kelly Yancey <kbyanc@posi.net> Cc: Leif Neland <leifn@neland.dk>, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: making users modem dial from webpage Message-ID: <199911170034.QAA55836@apollo.backplane.com> References: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9911161739020.90195-100000@kronos.alcnet.com>
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: : I think that the security settings in most browsers would prevent an :object embedded in a page (such as a java applet or activeX control) from :this amount of system access. Just think of the implications otherwise: Not for activeX. If you enable activeX, your system is wide-open. For Java you theoretically have a sandbox, certainly better then activeX, but it isn't assured. -Matt Matthew Dillon <dillon@backplane.com> :maliscious people could put applets/activeX controls on a web page which :racked up long distance charges to some eastern European country. : But that doesn't rule java out (if you are a java fan). Basically, you :just need some custom application running on each salesperson's :workstation which listens to a given TCP port. You can write that :application in C, or Java, or god forbid, visual basic. Oh, and make sure :you traffic on this port from outside your firewall. :) : : Kelly : :-- :Kelly Yancey - kbyanc@posi.net - Richmond, VA :Director of Technical Services, ALC Communications http://www.alcnet.com/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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