From: roy@sendai.scytale.com (Roy M. Silvernail)
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
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UTC Datetime: 1996-11-17 18:42:43 UTC
Raw Date: Sun, 17 Nov 1996 10:42:43 -0800 (PST)
From: roy@sendai.scytale.com (Roy M. Silvernail)
Date: Sun, 17 Nov 1996 10:42:43 -0800 (PST)
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Re: Exploring hooks in MSIE
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In list.cypherpunks, Dietrich_Kappe@redweb.com writes:
> A little bird told me that MSIE has Javascript hooks that allow a site
> to check whether all Microsoft products on a client machine are properly
> licensed. Has anyone investigated the Javascript (err, Jscript)
> implementation in MSIE to see if this is true?
>
> The same little bird told me that MS is building some use of this
> "feature" into their Websites. Can any MS consultants corroborate on
> this issue?
I might have some insight on this after Thursday's afternoon outing to
the Microsoft Web Builder Workshop. (for those who haven't heard, MSoft
is offering a half-day seminar with major swag... for $89, you walk out
with NT 4.0 server, J++, FrontPage and every instantiation of MSIE) I
expect to learn some interesting stuff.
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Roy M. Silvernail [ ] roy@scytale.com
DNRC Minister Plenipotentiary of All Things Confusing, Software Division
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