[Q][Security] in web based squeaking?

Torge Husfeldt jean-jacques.gelee at gmx.de
Thu Sep 27 09:39:44 UTC 2001


Hi there,

A while ago I heard of the (theoretical) ability of swikis to support
real smalltalk scripting inside the edited pages.
Is this secure?
Is there any swiki active that makes use of this feature?
	(if not the first than most probably not the second ;-)
Is anybody interested in developmentor actively developing in this
direction?

On the other hand what about security in the Squeak browser plugin? I
gather it is very safe against malicious code but only by being very
restrictive - is this still true? If so, I'd like to improve it to give
the user the choice between restrictiveness and power/security and
insecurity.

I'd like to hear from every effort that has been made recently in this
direction, any active projects or any thoughts you have on this topic.
Looks like this is _the_ thing I will be working on for the next few
months if it proves to be worth(not commercially though) it.

Thanks in advance
Torge

P.S.: Even replys like "wrong list, post it there:..." welcome




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