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Article #704Re: Microsoft Security
From: Adam Warner
Date: Sat, 01 Jul 2000 00:00
Date: Sat, 01 Jul 2000 00:00
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> If other organisations can so easily go around executing other > organisation's programs couldn't that lead to some problems? For the avoidance of doubt that should read: "If other organisations can so easily go around executing another organisation's programs on your computer without your knowledge, couldn't that lead to some problems?" What about an ActiveX program that MS releases but is later found to have a serious bug on some configurations and could, for example, corrupt the data of a user's computer? Microsoft would release and download a new version to users' hard disks. Other sites may be either slow to update or may choose to have the executable run on users' computers. After all, the program would be digitially signed by Microsoft. I'm unaware of whether MS can immediately revoke the digital signature on a program they have released in the wild (i.e. allowed to be downloaded and executed on users' computers). Maybe they can. > Regards, > Adam
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