[REBOL] Re: A REBOL challenge - The Information World
From: rpgwriter::yahoo at: 7-Dec-2001 11:34
--- Petr Krenzelok <[petr--krenzelok--trz--cz]> wrote:
> Christopher Dicely wrote:
>
> >
> >You could probably do it in /Core or /View with
> >a seperate native program to handle launching
> >that the REBOL could talk to via TCP/IP, but
> >that limits portability (although its easier
> >to port a simple C-based server that does
> >nothing but launch agents, etc., than the
> >whole enviromnent, so its not so bad).
> >
> eh, what is the problem us usin 'launch function
> provided in both Core and View by default?
Having not had occasion to use it in my experiments,
I was working on a vague recollection that launching
external processes was a /Pro feature. The manual
is murky on what 'launch does or what its argument
is, but I guess that might work.
Which of course would make it easier. My point,
mainly, though is that REBOL seems to be fine
for this, from a security point of view, as
long as you (among other things) run the agents
in processes seperate from anything they aren't
allowed to mess with. The rest seems like it
should be able to be handled using REBOL's
usual security features.
Chris Dicely
