"Michael E. Cummins" wrote:
>
> Out of curiosity... Why would one wish to block shockwave or flash in the
> first place? Are there any inherent dangers that I am aware of, other than
> a loss of productivity for day surfers? In my humble opinion that is an HR
> issue, not a problem for the sysadmin to solve. Are there risks that I am
> unaware of? I am especially curious, as I manage the Web and Networking
> Development Division of a small/medium company, and have both macromedia
> developers and info-sec technicians at my disposal.
>
> For a solution... If you use a content filtering router or have ad blocking
> software in place on the DMZ... You could simply remove the ".swf" or any
> other applicable file extension. They are all implemented in the web pages
> as an applet. This would disable them.
Right you are, methinks it's a bandwidth issue again.
AFAIK, shockwave is harmless from a security aspect.
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