| Beginning in late November, 2007 there appeared 'in the wild' exploits for RTSP & Quicktime player. See this URL for further details: If you are using 'Firefox' be advised to install the add-on application 'No Script' (go here). Using 'Firefox' with 'No Script' will detect script within the RTSP feed, and prevent further action. Bodega Consulting has NEVER produced Virtual Tours that included scripting of any kind. If you visit any site that claims to have 'Quicktime' virtual tours, and using your 'Firefox' browser with 'No Script' add on that forbids the display of that 'Tour' BEWARE: THE SITE YOU ARE ON may have BEEN COMPROMISED & MAY NO LONGER BE A SAFE ONE! Internet Explorer may not reveal this situation! For help understanding why 'Active X' (scripting) is NEVER a good idea see the above article, or go to Peter Kerrs article here |
Microsoft uses 'Active X' controls to display 'Flash' items, and this allows ANYTHING to be run within a web page on your computer. So you GIVE COMPLETE CONTROL OF your COMPUTER TO Another COMPUTER somewhere in the world. THAT IS NEVER A GOOD IDEA. YOU MUST BLINDLY TRUST THAT THIS CONTROL ASPECT WON'T BE USED TO INSTALL MALWARE, SPYWARE, OR WORSE! It allows Bad People to do Bad Things to A computer. FOR AN EXCELLENT ARTICLE EXPLAINING THIS & OTHER ASPECTS OF THE ISSUES, GO TO Peter Kerr's /UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND ARTICLE HERE |
| WHY QUICKTIME PLAYER? WHY NOT 'fLASH' type tours? |
| WE OFTEN HEAR ARGUMENTS ABOUT THE LARGE PERCENTAGE OF COMPUTERS WITH 'WINDOWS' AND QUICKTIME (FROM APPLE) IS A MAJOR UNDERTAKING FOR USERS TO INSTALL & USE; AS OPPOSED TO THE 'FLASH' PLAYERS SO COMMON ON INTERNET DISPLAYS. SO SOME POTENTIAL CUSTOMERS REJECT OUR SERVICES OUT OF HAND..... THIS IS A MAJOR MISCONCEPTION! FOR MANY REASONS, AS YOU'LL SEE... |
| THE QUICKTIME PLAYER IS 'CROSS PLATFORM'. ~IT WORKS WITH BOTH APPLE & MICROSOFT (XP+)~ INSTALLATION IS FAIRLY EASY AND IN MANY RESPECTS IT IS SUPERIOR TO MICROSOFT'S MEDIA PLAYER. MOST OF THE CURRENT (AND FUTURE) USERS OF COMPUTERS ARE SAVVY ENOUGH TO KNOW HOW TO INSTALL IT and these are your future customers. |
| WINDOWS does not have a 'native' flash player. 3rd party players must be downloaded and installed. An example is Adobe's "Shockwave" player. (BUT THERE ARE OTHERS) |
| BY INSISTING ON 'FLASH' FORMATS, YOU ARE SHACKLING YOUR VIEWERS TO A FORMAT THAT HAS A RUNNING HISTORY OF KNOWN VULNERABILITIES AND EXPLOITS. DO YOU WANT TO ACCEPT THAT RESPONSIBILITY? |
| THINK AGAIN ABOUT AN ARGUMENT FOR 'FLASH' FORMATS: GIVE YOUR WEBSITE VIEWERS A SAFER VISIT to your website! |
| THE ARGUMENTS PRESENTED HERE ARE MADE WITH THE UNDERSTANDING THAT NO OPERATING SYSTEM, SOFTWARE OR RELATED APPLICATION IS ABSOLUTELY IMMUNE TO HACKING OR VULNERABILITY; BUT THERE ARE KNOWN ISSUES AS OUTLINED ABOVE. ************************************* The above text was my original posting. Since then, a new vulnerability has emerged for the RTSP/Quicktime format which only re-enforces my advice: Use the 'Firefox' browser with 'No Script' add-on. See the yellow box below for further details. |
| SPECIAL NOTICE: ALL WORK CREATED BY BODEGA CONSULTING IS LICENSED ONLY TO THE ORIGINATING SOURCE (BROKER, LAND MANAGER, ETC.) AND IS PROTECTED BY THE DMCA COPYRIGHT LAWS. VIOLATORS SUBJECT TO ANY APPLICABLE LAWS RELATIVE TO SAME. RE-ISSUE LICENSES AVAILABLE THROUGH BODEGA CONSULTING. |
| Clipart and animation thanks to: free gifts & animations & Bravenet |
| IMPORTANT: BODEGA CONSULTING WANTS ONLY PROGRESSIVE CUSTOMERS. IF YOU SEEK CONTEMPORARY METHODS & TECHNOLOGIES THAT LEAVE OLD SCHOOL ADVERTISING IN THE MUSEUM: THEN YOU NEED US. ALL OTHERS NEED NOT APPLY. |
| see important box @ bottom of this page! |
| It just had to happen... |
| Tours are kept on our servers: so your site's server doesn't get involved with file transmission. Your websites' use of a Microsoft server is not an issue. |
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