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Since: Oct 03, 2005
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(Msg. 1) Posted: Fri Nov 11, 2005 6:13 pm
Post subject: To automatically download and install ActiveX controls
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The ability to automatically download and install ActiveX controls means one
has to set their browser to either "Low Security", or they need to
"Customize" their current security level to allow to download and install
ActiveX controls, or add the site to their IE Trusted Sites list. Do I
understand this correctly?
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(Msg. 2) Posted: Fri Nov 11, 2005 7:02 pm
Post subject: Re: To automatically download and install ActiveX controls [Login to view extended thread Info.]
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Yes, but is a security risk to do it that way. In IE7 there won't be any
automatic ActiveX installation permitted for that reason. It is better to
be notified about such installations.
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"Spin" <Spin.RemoveThis@spin.com> wrote in message
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> The ability to automatically download and install ActiveX controls means
> one has to set their browser to either "Low Security", or they need to
> "Customize" their current security level to allow to download and install
> ActiveX controls, or add the site to their IE Trusted Sites list. Do I
> understand this correctly?
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(Msg. 3) Posted: Sat Nov 12, 2005 12:43 am
Post subject: Re: To automatically download and install ActiveX controls [Login to view extended thread Info.]
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ActiveX is a security risk period. I am interested in how people manage
allowing ActiveX in IE their environments.
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"Colin Barnhorst" <colinbarharst(remove)@msn.com> wrote in message
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> Yes, but is a security risk to do it that way. In IE7 there won't be any
> automatic ActiveX installation permitted for that reason. It is better to
> be notified about such installations.
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> Colin Barnhorst [MVP Windows - Virtual Machine]
> (Reply to the group only unless otherwise requested)
> "Spin" <Spin.RemoveThis@spin.com> wrote in message
> news:3tkmr6Fsu1e0U1@individual.net...
>> The ability to automatically download and install ActiveX controls means
>> one has to set their browser to either "Low Security", or they need to
>> "Customize" their current security level to allow to download and install
>> ActiveX controls, or add the site to their IE Trusted Sites list. Do I
>> understand this correctly?
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>> Spin
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(Msg. 4) Posted: Sat Nov 12, 2005 9:05 am
Post subject: Re: To automatically download and install ActiveX controls [Login to view extended thread Info.]
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Spin wrote:
> ActiveX is a security risk period. I am interested in how people manage
> allowing ActiveX in IE their environments.
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Set IE to prompt for installation, of course, and don't allow users to
run under elevated privileges, so that even if they click <Yes> nothing
happens without a knowledgeable technician checking the safety of the
control.
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(Msg. 5) Posted: Sat Nov 12, 2005 10:25 am
Post subject: Re: To automatically download and install ActiveX controls [Login to view extended thread Info.]
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"Spin" <Spin RemoveThis @spin.com> wrote in message
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> ActiveX is a security risk period. I am interested in how people
> manage allowing ActiveX in IE their environments.
I have had no trouble allowing ActiveX. Of course, I'm careful where I go.
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(Msg. 6) Posted: Sat Nov 12, 2005 11:07 am
Post subject: Re: To automatically download and install ActiveX controls [Login to view extended thread Info.]
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Do you manage allowing it through group policy or do so on a individualized
machine basis?
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"Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE" <franksaunders.RemoveThis@mvps.org> wrote in message
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> "Spin" <Spin.RemoveThis@spin.com> wrote in message
> news:3tldneFsoeboU1@individual.net
>> ActiveX is a security risk period. I am interested in how people
>> manage allowing ActiveX in IE their environments.
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> I have had no trouble allowing ActiveX. Of course, I'm careful where I go.
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> --
> Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE
> Please respond in Newsgroup. Do not send email
> http://www.fjsmjs.com
> Protect your PC
> http://www.microsoft.com/security/protect/
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(Msg. 7) Posted: Sat Nov 12, 2005 11:07 am
Post subject: Re: To automatically download and install ActiveX controls [Login to view extended thread Info.]
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Spin wrote:
> Do you manage allowing it through group policy or do so on a individualized
> machine basis?
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Allowing is done on an individual basis, provided that access to the
web site is required for the performance of the user's duties.
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(Msg. 8) Posted: Sat Nov 12, 2005 11:36 am
Post subject: Re: To automatically download and install ActiveX controls [Login to view extended thread Info.]
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"Spin" <Spin RemoveThis @spin.com> wrote in message
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> Do you manage allowing it through group policy or do so on a
> individualized machine basis?
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> "Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE" <franksaunders RemoveThis @mvps.org> wrote in message
> news:%23sdAb155FHA.1864@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
>> "Spin" <Spin RemoveThis @spin.com> wrote in message
>> news:3tldneFsoeboU1@individual.net
>>> ActiveX is a security risk period. I am interested in how people
>>> manage allowing ActiveX in IE their environments.
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>> I have had no trouble allowing ActiveX. Of course, I'm careful where
>> I go. --
>> Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE
>> Please respond in Newsgroup. Do not send email
>> http://www.fjsmjs.com
>> Protect your PC
>> http://www.microsoft.com/security/protect/
Never used Group Policies.
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(Msg. 9) Posted: Sat Nov 12, 2005 2:14 pm
Post subject: Re: To automatically download and install ActiveX controls [Login to view extended thread Info.]
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Oh that's right, I believe you have to be an administrator of a machine to
allow the installation of an ActiveX control.
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"Bruce Chambers" <bchambers RemoveThis @cable0ne.n3t> wrote in message
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> Spin wrote:
> Set IE to prompt for installation, of course, and don't allow users to run
> under elevated privileges, so that even if they click <Yes> nothing
> happens without a knowledgeable technician checking the safety of the
> control. |
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