Possiblel hole in Windows Media Player.

adisegna_at_siscocorp.com
Date: 02/17/05

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    I came upon a problem yesterday as I was pushing out Windows Media
    Player 9 out to all my users. The security tab under the options menu
    allows the user to alter Internet Explorer's security settings.

    I have a Group Policy that removes the security tab from Internet
    Explorer however; if you don't set the HideSecurityTab policy for Media
    Player you can override the settings of Internet Explorer. Not good.

    So for everyone trying to control your user's browsing experience you
    may want to check this out.

    Thanks

    A D
    Information Technology Group
    Security Identification Systems Corporation
     

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