[10373] in www-talk@info.cern.ch
RE: Running Applications
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Momentary Language, Sexual Situati)
Tue Oct 15 09:36:44 1996
Date: Tue, 15 Oct 1996 09:31 -0400
From: DANTONIO@PROCESS.COM (Momentary Language, Sexual Situations)
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> I am having a little problem.
> How can I execute an application
>
> Binary Executable (application/octet-stream) (exe,bin)
>
> immediately after download it from the Internet through a Browser, without
Microsoft's ActiveX is designed to do just this, download an OLE control,
install it if necessary and then let it execute (normally within the context
of the browser). Check their web site as they (supposedly) have thought out
some of the more obvious security problems and will be providing a way to
sign the applets, etc...
DDA
