- From: Access Systems <accessys@smart.net>
- Date: Thu, 20 Dec 2001 18:45:46 -0500 (EST)
- To: David Woolley <david@djwhome.demon.co.uk>
- cc: w3c-wai-ig@w3.org
On Thu, 20 Dec 2001, David Woolley wrote:
> > I know some firewalls at high security instalations that block
> > "applications" of all types so even if it could be read it couldn't get
> > through
>
> Application doesn't mean executable. Moreover, most commercial HTML contains
> executable components, which is what the firewalls are really trying to
> block, even though they are labelled as text. (A firewall might take the
> view that Microsoft and Netscape are capbable of implementing the Javascript
> security model so well that the executable can do no harm, but probably let
hah! our firewall by default BLOCKS ALL msword documents as nonsecure
Bob
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