Rev player
Richard Gaskin
ambassador at fourthworld.com
Tue Jul 27 06:22:21 EDT 2004
Robert Brenstein wrote:
>> But as Kevin said, adding limited file I/O to secure modes it being
>> worked on, so any inconvenience should be short-lived.
>
> I read that but it sounded that this will happen some time in the
> future, well after player's introduction. As someone interested in its
> success, I am just concerned that this may come a tad late, as in
> spoiling the impression made by the player and thus its broad
> acceptance. I'd love to be wrong, though.
>
>>> PS A malicious person can include an external which I don't think can
>>> be prevented from accessing disks and system.
>
>> SecureMode shuts down not just file I/O, but also shell, AppleScript,
>> and registry access. I agree that if it doesn't currently shut down
>> the externals API it should. Is that the case?
>
> If it shuts down externals, then, for example, it would not be possible
> to access databases.
I'm not clear on what you're after, as your post raises good arguments
in both directions. Are you advocating more security, less, or
something altogether different?
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Richard Gaskin
Fourth World Media Corporation
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