On 9 Dec 2009, at 10:40, jonat...@mugginsoft.com wrote: > It could be argued that actively utilising any path to launch another process > is a security hole. > If your app loads an auxiliary executable from the main bundle then a user > with admin rights can intervene and modify the target.
Indeed. As ever is a conflict between security and utility and so a compromise is necessary. It's good to be aware of the potential issues though. Kind regards, Alastair. -- http://alastairs-place.net _______________________________________________ Cocoa-dev mailing list (Cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com) Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list. Contact the moderators at cocoa-dev-admins(at)lists.apple.com Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to arch...@mail-archive.com
