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active content Last modified: Wednesday, February 20, 2002
Refers to content on a Web site that is either interactive, such as Internet polls or opt-in features, or dynamic, such as animated GIFs, stock tickers, weather maps, JavaScript applications, embedded objects, streaming video and audio or ActiveX applications. Streaming video and audio rely on browser plug-ins, such as RealPlayer, to display active content.
Active Content - Administrators Beware The purpose of this paper from the SANS Institute is to construct a basic understanding of the threat that active content poses to information security.	Related Categories Browsers Graphics Web Development Related Terms ActiveX animated GIF content management system dynamic embedded object JavaScript opt-in e-mail