I reported this bug years ago and was told "probably won't happen until 2.0" and the bug was promptly closed/ignored: Give Firefox enough market share and it will become profitable for these malware authors to write extensions that screw a computer/browser the same way ActiveX can. The biggest problem with ActiveX, and the way it got it's bad reputation is users who click 'Yes' to everything. That is true enough, although the problem is usually between the chair and keyboard. Sometimes, security means not implementing something if it cannot be implemented securely. It all comes down to implementation of the interactive extension to the browser. IE's implementation has had problems, but that's not the same thing as the technology behind it.ĪctiveX : Internet Explorer :: Extensions : Firefox The idea that they are inherently insecure is an oft-proclaimed falsehood on Slashdot.
Anyone is able to write an interface that supports ActiveX controls. Even Microsoft is trying to get away for the security holes they've created with that.ĪctiveX is just an implementation of OLE and COM via the Internet Explorer browser.
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