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Re: [News] ActiveX and Office 2007 Run on GNU/Linux with Crossover

____/ Homer on Sunday 22 June 2008 20:52 : \____

> Verily I say unto thee, that Roy Schestowitz spake thusly:
> 
>> Mono Man would get a stiffy. He lurves ActiveX and MOOX.
> 
> Hasn't the Department of Homeland Security made ActiveX illegal yet?

Yes, _at least_ once.

Be prepared: ActiveX attacks will persist

,----[ Quote ]
| A recent string of high-profile ActiveX vulnerabilities caused the U.S. 
| Computer Emergency Readiness Team (US-CERT) to advise users to disable the 
| ubiquitous Microsoft browser plug-in technology altogether.  
`----

http://www.infoworld.com/article/08/02/19/08NF-activex-horror_1.html

I remember others reports.

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