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Federal Computer Market Report, December, 1999
The US Dept. of Defense (DOD) is considering banning all JavaScript and other mobile code from military Web sites because the tools could pose a security risk to its computer systems. According to a report in online newspaper Inter@active Week, sources at DOD said that JavaScript and Microsoft's ActiveX have been flagged because hackers are increasingly breaking into DOD systems, and department officials fear that mobile code is serving as an easy gateway for them to enter military networks.
The tools are widely used by site developers to add animation and interactivity to Web pages. While DOD spokeswoman Susan Hansom would not confirm that DOD is talking about banning mobile code, a high-level government source told Inter@active Week it is common knowledge...
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