Add them to the malware blacklist :)
2009/7/29 Jeremy Orlow <jor...@chromium.org>
> On Wed, Jul 29, 2009 at 11:15 AM, Linus Upson <li...@google.com> wrote:
>
>> I'm coming to the opinion that we should leverage the install mechanism of
>> the extension system for apps that need special permissions, increased
>> quotas, expanded lifetimes, etc. The extension can be almost vacuous, and in
>> our extension world exceptionally lightweight. It only needs to make the
>> special capability available to the page.
>> As Maciej brought up on the whatwg list, the extension system gives us
>> multiple affirmative steps,
>> vetting, reputation and revocation. It also gives us a UI access point. All
>> of these are important for controlling apps that aren't safe and stateless.
>>
>
> I like this approach.
>
> So the only loose end is this: what should we do (if anything) about
> malicious apps using thousands of sub-domains (which are each their own
> origin, and thus get their own 5mb) to fill up your machine. As far as I
> know, no other browser deals with this and it hasn't ever been a problem
> (...yet), so I guess we can just ignore it for the time being?
>
> J
>
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