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Brian Hook on the ActiveX Experience

Posted by Hemos on from the poorly-made-and-maintained dept.

Obiwan Kenobi writes "Brian Hook of id software fame got around to developing on ActiveX and found some minor grievances, particularly in the security department. To quote: "I've been doing some ActiveX coding on the side for a couple days, stuff I'm not familiar with, and I'm just flat out _appalled_ at how bad that entire API and design is. I can make an OCX that basically formats your hard drive, stick it on a Web page with a tag, and if your security settings are set low enough, you'll start formatting your hard drive the minute you visit my Web page.""

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  1. More Ammo by TSR+Wedge · · Score: 5, Interesting

    That is, more ammo to use when telling people to get off of MSIE. The prospect of having a webpage completely wipe their hard drives clean is something that should scare even the most lackidaisical of users.

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    What if the hokey-pokey really is what it's all about?
  2. Re:Gee, that's news... by Gordonjcp · · Score: 5, Interesting

    If you set your entire filesystem to 777 then loads of stuff will just throw up its metaphorical hands and refuse to run. Try it on a throwaway box some time (actually, User Mode Linux is good for experimenting with Practical Unix Terrorism, but that's a whole other topic).