Re: WebAPI Security Discussion: Open Web App API

2012-04-18 Thread Fabrice Desré
s that you installed from (using getInstalled()) or yourself (using getSelf()) this mitigates the risks. Only apps having high privileges can use mgmt.getAll() to see cross-stores installs. Fabrice -- Fabrice Desré b2g Team Mozilla Corporation _

Re: [b2g] OpenWebApps/B2G Security model

2012-03-14 Thread Fabrice Desré
This is a tedious process that slows down exploitation, and that's no fun. If app authentication relies only on SSL, then you just need to pop a web server (which isn't hard, really). Everyone using the app gets owned simultaneously. Lucas. -- Fabrice Desré b2g Team

Re: [b2g] Permissions model thoughts

2012-03-06 Thread Fabrice Desré
he folks who've studied this topic (off-list). I'd be interested to hear about these studies, are then any papers available freely on the Internet? Look for instance at work from Adrienne Porter Felt: http://www.cs.berkeley.edu/~afelt/ Fabrice -- Fabrice Desré b2g