[4257] in WWW Security List Archive
Netscape and ActiveX (was Re: Sceptic ...)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (jwp@checfs1.ucsd.edu)
Thu Feb 6 04:47:15 1997
From: jwp@checfs1.ucsd.edu
Date: Thu, 6 Feb 1997 00:09:49 -0800
To: WWW-SECURITY@ns2.rutgers.edu
Errors-To: owner-www-security@ns2.rutgers.edu
> From: Clare Chu <cchu@cisco.com>
>
> I figure Netscape browser can't execute ActiveX so I'm safe.
That should really be "... Netscape can't YET execute..." since Netscape
have said they will support it in the future. ActiveX capability is far too
useful to be ignored by anyone seriously attempting to challenge MS in the
business marketplace. They might try to avoid it if ActiveX problems become
public enough, but (a) that's not likely to happen, and (b) they will need
to do something to replace the functionality. The latter is a killer. What
are they going to do? Try to develop something with Corel? Corel can't even
get their current products to work right, much less take on something new.
-- John W Pierce, Chem & Biochem, UC San Diego
jwp@ucsd.edu
