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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