From owner-freebsd-hackers Tue Nov 16 16:34:40 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from apollo.backplane.com (apollo.backplane.com [216.240.41.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A481C14E46 for ; Tue, 16 Nov 1999 16:34:37 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dillon@apollo.backplane.com) Received: (from dillon@localhost) by apollo.backplane.com (8.9.3/8.9.1) id QAA55836; Tue, 16 Nov 1999 16:34:31 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dillon) Date: Tue, 16 Nov 1999 16:34:31 -0800 (PST) From: Matthew Dillon Message-Id: <199911170034.QAA55836@apollo.backplane.com> To: Kelly Yancey Cc: Leif Neland , freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: making users modem dial from webpage References: Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG : : 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 :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