Re: Is ActiveX Control Signed?

[John Dowdell]

At 12:56 PM 2/12/98, Kevin Kessler wrote:

>I have a quick question-is the Flash ActiveX control signed?  I seem to

>remember

>a certificate popping up before the control would install, but now it just

>seems

>to go out and do its thing.  What happened to the certificate?



Yes, they must be signed.


If memory serves, then the dialogs do have a checkbox for "trust this site

in the future", which might be a way to avoid such permissions on

subsequent installs.


jd



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