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. :)
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: Kelly
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:Kelly Yancey - kbyanc@posi.net - Richmond, VA
:Director of Technical Services, ALC Communications http://www.alcnet.com/
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