BUG: URLACTION not Passed to Custom Security Manager

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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.

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STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a bug in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.

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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.

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REFERENCES

Security Manager Overview on Workshop (http://msdn.microsoft.com/workshop/security/szone/overview/overview.asp)

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APPLIES TO

Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0 128-Bit Edition
Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.01 Service Pack 2
Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.01 Service Pack 1
Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0
Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.5

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