Using python from a browser/security hole

[Philippe C. Martin]

Since I need to access a local/client device from the page and that I wish
to be cross-platform; does that mean Java is my only way out ?

Regards,

Philippe



Neil Hodgson wrote:

> Philippe:
> 
>> I read that IE had the capability to embedd Python scripts, but what
>> about the others ?
> 
>    While Python can be set up as a scripting language for IE, this is
> normally disabled as it could be a security hole. The open call is
> available from Python scripts so a web site could read or destroy your
> files.
> 
>    Neil