[REBOL] Re: PROTECT bug
From: g:santilli:tiscalinet:it at: 9-Dec-2001 11:48
Hello Romano!
On 08-Dic-01, you wrote:
RT> --------------
RT> This is known. However, an important note is that protect is
RT> not a security feature. It does not stop amnything from doing
RT> an UNPROTECT. It is meant as a tool to help prevent scripts
RT> from overwriting system critical functions or data.
RT> REBOL Support
RT> ---
Once you unset UNPROTECT, you can use it as a security feature. :)
(Other possibilities are: saving and restoring system/words;
running the untrusted code in a copy of system/words)
About tourists, I think an implementation could even just use a
dialect.
Regards,
Gabriele.
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Gabriele Santilli <[giesse--writeme--com]> - Amigan - REBOL programmer
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