Dark Sun

[Arin Komins]

On Sun, 3 Feb 2002, Guido Vacano wrote:

:Subject: Re: Dark Sun
:
:Is viewing Flash sites a security risk?
:

Has been so in the past (but then again, many programs have been security
risks in the past)

(see: http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/TJSL-4WRQ43)

ActiveX, of course, has been a source of much security pain.

Mostly, though, it comes down to an issue of trust.  If you trust
the site you are viewing, then you should be fine.

I tend to surf with activex, flash, java, javascript all turned off
(if I use a gui browser....as I tend to use a text based browser much of
the time) unless I trust the site that I'm viewing.

mission control, for instance ;-)

Arin
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