BUG: URLACTION not Passed to Custom Security Manager

ID: Q239095

The information in this article applies to:
  • Microsoft Internet Explorer (Programming) versions 4.0, 4.01, 4.01 SP1, 4.01 SP2, 5

SYMPTOMS

Hosts of the Web Browser control that implement a custom security manager can find a URLACTION may not be passed through to the security site for evaluation.


STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a bug in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article.


MORE INFORMATION

The current list of URLACTION that will not be passed to the custom security manager in most circumstances by Internet Explorer 5 are:

  • URLACTION_SHELL_FILE_DOWNLOAD


  • URLACTION_COOKIES


  • URLACTION_JAVA_PERMISSIONS


  • URLACTION_SCRIPT_PASTE


There is no workaround for this problem. The behavior for the URLACTION can only be changed for all browser clients on the system by altering the security zone settings from Internet Options.


REFERENCES

Security Manager Overview on Workshop

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Contributions by Jason Strayer, Microsoft Corporation

Additional query words:

Keywords : kbIE400bug kbIE401bug kbSecurity kbIE401sp1bug kbIE401sp2bug kbURLMon kbGrpInet kbIE500bug kbDSupport
Version : WINDOWS:4.0,4.01,4.01 SP1,4.01 SP2,5
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbbug


Last Reviewed: November 20, 1999
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