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National Institute of Standards and Technology Guidelines on Active Content and Mobile Code

August 31, 2007: Draft Special Publication 800-28 Revision 2 Guidelines on Active Content and Mobile Code (60 pages, PDF)

  • “SP 800-28 version 2 is now available for public comment. It provides an overview of active content and mobile code technologies in use today and offers insights for making informed IT security decisions on their application and treatment. Active content refers to electronic documents that contain embedded software components, including mobile code; examples of mobile code are JavaScript, VBScript, Java applets, and ActiveX controls. The publication gives details about the active content and mobile code threats, technology risks, and safeguards for end user systems. SP 800-28 version 2 updates the original version of SP 800-28, which was released in 2001. NIST requests comments on NIST SP 800-28 version 2 by October 12, 2007.”
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