Re: Re: metacard, internet and security

2000-08-14 Thread Scott Raney
On Mon, 14 Aug 2000, opus.species wrote: > I wrote > > > > 2) solution based on limiting the runtime > > > The Navigator, MSIE or javascript have some internal limitations to > forbid > > > writing on the user's disk. > > > Would it be possible to have in metatalk some internal flag forbiding a

Re: metacard, internet and security

2000-08-14 Thread Raymond E. Griffith
on 8/13/2000 11:29 PM, Scott Raney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> replied to "opus.species" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >> >> But we have now to consider the security... >> >> A *.mc app can do anything : destroy all the data of a computer, use a >> computer to destroy all the data on a network, ... > > Just li

Re: Re: metacard, internet and security

2000-08-14 Thread opus.species
I wrote > > 2) solution based on limiting the runtime > > The Navigator, MSIE or javascript have some internal limitations to forbid > > writing on the user's disk. > > Would it be possible to have in metatalk some internal flag forbiding a > > runtime to write on the user's disk but in the folde

Re: metacard, internet and security

2000-08-13 Thread Sivakatirswami
> That's a great job ! > Until now, the "computer based training" solutions where based on java (cf > toolbook) or shockwave or flash. It was difficult to program and/or heavy to > download. Sivakatirswami's solution is light, powerful and elegant. Unwarranted praise. . .It's Scott solution alre

Re: metacard, internet and security

2000-08-13 Thread Scott Raney
On Sun, 13 Aug 2000, opus.species wrote: > As most people on this list i downloaded and tested the portal of > Sivakatirswami. > That's a great job ! > Until now, the "computer based training" solutions where based on java (cf > toolbook) or shockwave or flash. It was difficult to program and/or

Re: metacard, internet and security

2000-08-13 Thread andu
> >As most people on this list i downloaded and tested the portal of >Sivakatirswami. >That's a great job ! >Until now, the "computer based training" solutions where based on java (cf >toolbook) or shockwave or flash. It was difficult to program and/or heavy to >download. >Sivakatirswami's solut

Re: metacard, internet and security

2000-08-13 Thread Pierre Sahores
"opus.species" wrote: > > As most people on this list i downloaded and tested the portal of > Sivakatirswami. > That's a great job ! > Until now, the "computer based training" solutions where based on java (cf > toolbook) or shockwave or flash. It was difficult to program and/or heavy to > downlo

Re: Re: metacard, internet and security

2000-08-13 Thread David Bovill
> >We have to protect our customers against : >- downloading a utility and misusing it >- downloading a bugged and dangerous mc file >- downloading some mc-based virus > >I can think of 2 kind of solutions : > >1) solution based on signature >The programmer put his signature in his runtime and in

Re: metacard, internet and security

2000-08-13 Thread opus.species
As most people on this list i downloaded and tested the portal of Sivakatirswami. That's a great job ! Until now, the "computer based training" solutions where based on java (cf toolbook) or shockwave or flash. It was difficult to program and/or heavy to download. Sivakatirswami's solution is ligh