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Posted: Sat Nov 12, 2005 1:50 am    Post subject: To automatically download and install ActiveX controls Reply with quote
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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Colin Barnhorst
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Posted: Sat Nov 12, 2005 8:02 am    Post subject: Re: To automatically download and install ActiveX controls Reply with quote
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]
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"Spin" <Spin@spin.com> wrote in message
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Quote:
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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Posted: Sat Nov 12, 2005 9:50 am    Post subject: Re: To automatically download and install ActiveX controls Reply with quote
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]
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"Spin" <Spin@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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Spin
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Posted: Sat Nov 12, 2005 5:50 pm    Post subject: Re: To automatically download and install ActiveX controls Reply with quote
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@mvps.org> wrote in message
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"Spin" <Spin@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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Bruce Chambers
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Posted: Sat Nov 12, 2005 5:50 pm    Post subject: Re: To automatically download and install ActiveX controls Reply with quote
Spin wrote:
Quote:
ActiveX is a security risk period. I am interested in how people manage
allowing ActiveX in IE their environments.



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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Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE
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Posted: Sat Nov 12, 2005 5:50 pm    Post subject: Re: To automatically download and install ActiveX controls Reply with quote
"Spin" <Spin@spin.com> wrote in message
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Quote:
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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Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE
Please respond in Newsgroup. Do not send email
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Protect your PC
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Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE
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Posted: Sat Nov 12, 2005 5:50 pm    Post subject: Re: To automatically download and install ActiveX controls Reply with quote
"Spin" <Spin@spin.com> wrote in message
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Quote:
Do you manage allowing it through group policy or do so on a
individualized machine basis?


"Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE" <franksaunders@mvps.org> wrote in message
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"Spin" <Spin@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. --
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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Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE
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Bruce Chambers
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Posted: Sat Nov 12, 2005 5:50 pm    Post subject: Re: To automatically download and install ActiveX controls Reply with quote
Spin wrote:
Quote:
Do you manage allowing it through group policy or do so on a individualized
machine basis?



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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Bruce Chambers

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Spin
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Posted: Sat Nov 12, 2005 9:50 pm    Post subject: Re: To automatically download and install ActiveX controls Reply with quote
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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Spin

"Bruce Chambers" <bchambers@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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