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Where is explanation of Security Settings (IE Internet Options)?
Where can I find an explanation of each of the Security
Settings for IE Internet Options? Not only what they do ("disable or enable mixed content"; well duh!), but also what end-user features I lose by disabling them and what risks I incur by enabling them. For example, even when I know (vaguely) what "meta refresh" and "mixed content" are, it is unclear to me what are the full ramifications of enabling or disabling them -- especially "mixed content". And it is not clear what the "low", "medium" and "high" Java safety levels do. But those are just examples. I am not looking for the answer to those questions per se. I have a couple dozen others ;-). I am looking for, hopefully, one place that explains all this. In fact, it would be ideal if it also covers other Internet Options, notably Advanced. If this is explained in the WinXP "Inside and Out" book, I would appreciate a pointer. I have not found the answer there myself. |
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In internet options,click on each icon,1 @ a time,select,default setting
for each.For detailed info try search at microsoft. " wrote: Where can I find an explanation of each of the Security Settings for IE Internet Options? Not only what they do ("disable or enable mixed content"; well duh!), but also what end-user features I lose by disabling them and what risks I incur by enabling them. For example, even when I know (vaguely) what "meta refresh" and "mixed content" are, it is unclear to me what are the full ramifications of enabling or disabling them -- especially "mixed content". And it is not clear what the "low", "medium" and "high" Java safety levels do. But those are just examples. I am not looking for the answer to those questions per se. I have a couple dozen others ;-). I am looking for, hopefully, one place that explains all this. In fact, it would be ideal if it also covers other Internet Options, notably Advanced. If this is explained in the WinXP "Inside and Out" book, I would appreciate a pointer. I have not found the answer there myself. |
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Andrew E. wrote:
In internet options,click on each icon,1 @ a time, select,default setting for each. I do not know what you mean. There are no icons in Internet Options, at least not under (custom) Security Settings. (The icons under the Security tab select a zone.) I presume you mean: right-click each Security Settings options. But that simply shows the same uselsss boilerplate for each security setting, namely: "Specifies how you want to handle potentially risk actions ...". (In case I forgot to mention it, I am using XP Pro SP2 and IE6.) For detailed info try search at microsoft. Please give me a concrete example. As an example, I searched for ''"internet options" security'', and I found nothing that obviously explained the pros and cons of enabling and disabling the security settings. Perhaps I am not "searching at microsoft" correctly. I had done a google search first. I also searched for various other key phrases, all to no avail. |
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In oups.com,
had this to say: My reply is at the bottom of your sent message: Please give me a concrete example. As an example, I searched for ''"internet options" security'', and I found nothing that obviously explained the pros and cons of enabling and disabling the security settings. Perhaps I am not "searching at microsoft" correctly. I had done a google search first. I also searched for various other key phrases, all to no avail. http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/...ity/setup.mspx Galen -- Signature changed for a moment of silence. Rest well Alex and we'll see you on the other side. |
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Galen wrote:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/...ity/setup.mspx Thanks. I had actually seen that when I "searched microsoft", per the previous suggestion. But I did not page down far enough to see the explanation of custom settings. Klunk! Thanks again. |
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Working with Internet Explorer 6 Security Settings
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/...y/settings.asp Use Security and Privacy Features in Internet Explorer 6 http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/p...curity/ie6.asp Setting Up Security Zones http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/...rity/setup.asp A Description of the Changes to the Security Settings of the Web Content Zones in Internet Explorer 6 http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=300443 -- ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear) MS MVP-Windows (IE/OE) & Security wrote: Where can I find an explanation of each of the Security Settings for IE Internet Options? Not only what they do ("disable or enable mixed content"; well duh!), but also what end-user features I lose by disabling them and what risks I incur by enabling them. For example, even when I know (vaguely) what "meta refresh" and "mixed content" are, it is unclear to me what are the full ramifications of enabling or disabling them -- especially "mixed content". And it is not clear what the "low", "medium" and "high" Java safety levels do. But those are just examples. I am not looking for the answer to those questions per se. I have a couple dozen others ;-). I am looking for, hopefully, one place that explains all this. In fact, it would be ideal if it also covers other Internet Options, notably Advanced. If this is explained in the WinXP "Inside and Out" book, I would appreciate a pointer. I have not found the answer there myself. |
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