On Mon, 01 Dec 2014 13:28:09 +0100 Dominig ar Foll <[email protected]>
said:

> 
> Hello,
> 
> while the initial request from IVI is about policing Windows depending
> of the the movement of the car but the model is very interesting from a
> security point of view.

this is why i actually advocate that things like vkbd,login/screenlock etc. be
done as internal components of the display manager/compositor itself. they are
not just "any old random window/surface/process". they are done in any way the
compositor sees fit internally to police (be .so loadable modules, or have to
authenticate vwith a special access key they only get via stdin or env var or
something, or they even connect via a special separate socket/connection -
whatever they compositor/display manager deems fit).

these are indeed security things as they involve authetication of a user or
their input (which may contain things like passwords and identifying info).

> For example not allowing an application to overlap a login/password
> request windows is very valuable from a security point of view (as a
> window can always be created transparent).
> 
> The challenge is to offer a generic model which works for native and
> TML5 Apps.
> 
> Regards
> 
> -- 
> Dominig ar Foll
> Senior Software Architect
> Intel Open Source Technology Centre
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