On Mon, 10 Apr 2000, Michael Rueger wrote:

> The big caveat though is security. There was a long thread about this
> some time ago on this mailing list.

If Squeak is run as plugin, file access is only allowed in the image
directory. This is enforced by the VM, so it should be secure. Network
access is not restricted yet. We're working on using Netscape to do
network access so the Squeak network primitives can be disabled. Plugin
loading will have to be restricted, though (you wouldn't want to have
a plugin use FFI ...).

> > Can Squeak run as a netscape plugin already ? If so, which platforms
> Yes.
> 
> > are supported? Will I be able to see my Squeak image inside of Netscape on
> > Linux like on Windows with the ActiveX ? What about Mac, OS/2 and BeOS ?
> 
> Yes, you will :-)

Here's a Linux version:
http://isgwww.cs.uni-magdeburg.de/~bert/squeak/plugin/download.html
I'm still working on the Unix plugin, but this gives an idea.

> Versions of the plugin basically exist for PC, Mac and **ix, but AFAIK
> they are all different.

Of course they're different, just like we have a different VM for each
platform. But they'll all be capable of running the same squeaklets in the
same base image.

  -Bert-