On Thu, 17 Jan 2002, Derek D. Martin wrote: >>> Yeah! Does anyone know WHY mozilla does this? It's really, really >>> irritating. >> >> Supposed security feature. > > Grrr... blah! That's not security. That's what access controls are > for.
I think it is is supposed to be a last-ditch defense against a failure in the security kernel of Mozilla, not against other users on the system. It still strikes me as obscurity and not security, but not knowing the details (or the code), I reserve judgment. -- Ben Scott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | The opinions expressed in this message are those of the author and do not | | necessarily represent the views or policy of any other person, entity or | | organization. All information is provided without warranty of any kind. | ***************************************************************** To unsubscribe from this list, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the text 'unsubscribe gnhlug' in the message body. *****************************************************************
