Add file to Custom Property

[J. Landman Gay]

Jeffrey Massung wrote:
> On Mar 13, 2010, at 8:08 PM, J. Landman Gay wrote:
> 
>> Bill Vlahos wrote:
>>> Is there a way to skip the writing to disk part and just open it
>>> directly?
>> If it is another stack, then Rev can open it from memory.
>> Otherwise, no. The usual solution is to write to the temp
>> directory, with an obscure name if you want, and then delete the
>> file later when you're done with it.
> 
> I just feel it important to note that (depending upon your needs)
> this is very far from secure.
> 
> First, the temporary file can be intercepted mid-operation by a
> secondary process that's monitoring yours and watching the OS for new
> open file handles (all easily doable).
> 
> Second, you'd have to blast the disk sectors where the temporary file
> happened to be written to with random data (perhaps several times
> over) to ensure that you eradicated the once you were done with it.
> 
> Sorry if that's way over-the-top, but when someone mentions
> encryption, network security, copy protection, etc, I just want to
> make sure someone doesn't leave thinking something is a great
> solution when it possibly isn't (again, given your needs, this may be
> more than adequate).

Not at all, you're quite right. I wish there was a better way to do it.

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