1996-12-17 - Re: Securing ActiveX.
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From: Andrew Loewenstern <andrew_loewenstern@il.us.swissbank.com>
To: Blake Coverett <blake@bcdev.com>
Message Hash: 7c3ca808163d918990c4ae38f348b76370272eb640ac5ba687dbb0bcda16f943
Message ID: <9612171714.AA00601@ch1d157nwk>
Reply To: <01BBEB92.ADD153B0@bcdev.com>
UTC Datetime: 1996-12-17 17:14:33 UTC
Raw Date: Tue, 17 Dec 1996 09:14:33 -0800 (PST)
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From: Andrew Loewenstern <andrew_loewenstern@il.us.swissbank.com>
Date: Tue, 17 Dec 1996 09:14:33 -0800 (PST)
To: Blake Coverett <blake@bcdev.com>
Subject: Re: Securing ActiveX.
In-Reply-To: <01BBEB92.ADD153B0@bcdev.com>
Message-ID: <9612171714.AA00601@ch1d157nwk>
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Blake Coverett <blake@bcdev.com> writes
> No, it's not really the accountability that's the issue. It's
> the ability to choose before the fact that I 'trust' the
> software's author.
No, you have it wrong. It's the ability to choose before the fact that you
'trust' the _key_ that signed that applet. The key is everything and it does
not necessarily have any connection whatsoever to the software's author. You
just hope that it does...
andrew
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- 1996-12-17 (Mon, 16 Dec 1996 17:52:48 -0800 (PST)) - RE: Securing ActiveX. - Blake Coverett <blake@bcdev.com>
- 1996-12-17 (Mon, 16 Dec 1996 23:12:19 -0800 (PST)) - RE: Securing ActiveX. - Bill Frantz <frantz@netcom.com>
- 1996-12-17 (Tue, 17 Dec 1996 09:14:33 -0800 (PST)) - Re: Securing ActiveX. - Andrew Loewenstern <andrew_loewenstern@il.us.swissbank.com>