On Thu, 30 Sep 2004, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thursday 30 September 2004 16:37, Ted Zlatanov wrote:
>> Why would you want to cripple the network socket concept in favor of a >> FIFO? Typically you'd use a FIFO where performance is a concern, and >> I don't think any of the operations I proposed would be >> resource-intensive. Also, a local network connection is very fast - >> depending on the particulars of the OS, it may be as fast as a FIFO. > > Security. Security security security. > > If it's a real network connection, you have to implement some kind > of access control or nasty third parties can take over your X > session. Yes, definitely. I would implement a simple password hash that's the MD5 of "password+salt" (the salt is given by Ion at the beginning of the connection). > That's quite a lot of code and is tricky to get right, Agreed, but it's been done many times before. > and none of it belongs in a window manager (IMO). Not by tradition, but that's what innovation is all about :) Ted
