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[Javascript] Re: Using JS to run program on client
- From: javascript@xxxxxxxxxx (Ben Curtis)
- Subject: [Javascript] Re: Using JS to run program on client
- Date: Tue, 23 Oct 2001 10:24:52 -0700
> Is there a way with JS to run a program (.bat, .com or .exe) on the client
> PC rather than on the server?
Not if people properly patch their Microsoft security holes.
I understand that there might be dozens of legitimate reasons for needing
this functionality, but if a browser were to allow you to do that then it
would also allow Joe Cracker to run delete_the_C_drive.bat -- yuck. For that
reason it is very dangerous, and not allowed.
--
+Ben Curtis
Two guys walk into a bar.
The third guy ducks and goes around it.
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