At 18:12 18/12/2000 +0100, Peter Lairo wrote:
>Braden McDaniel wrote:
>
> > In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Peter Lairo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > It is an optimal solution if you define optimal to be the best possible
> > > cost versus benefit. Most users use win9x which has virtually NO
> > > "Permission management".
> >
> > But I'm fairly certain you can get utilities that are designed to
> > alleviate that shortcoming. Mozilla, though, is designed to be an
> > Internet application suite.
>
>Let's put it this way, outlook has password protected profiles and is the most
>widely used mail prog. People seem to be happy with this solution and don't
>seem to mind the "imperfect" protection!!!
Other people's bad decisions are rarely grounds for repeating the same mistake.
> > > Since most office computers are ON all day, it would be nice to at least
> > > have the OPTION to "manage" my risk.
> >
> > It is not the mission of Mozilla to give you *all* of the available
> > options of things you can do with a computer. The option you want is
> > something that I think falls outside its domain, and that I seriously
> > doubt it could do well.
>
>I capped OPTION, because someone was objecting to being FORCED to use an
>"imperfect" protection!!!
I think the main objection is that it is an option that Mozilla isn't going
to support, because at base its a broken option. The assumption is that
the application should provide file permissions when the underlying
operating system doesn't. That is outside Mozilla's domain.
> > > Also, at home, I don't want to
> > > necessarly protect my entire PC (i usually turn it on and walk away and
> > > do other things; when i return, I want it to be booted COMPLETELY - and
> > > not have to enter a password and wait AGAIN until the login finishes).
> >
> > I see. You want Mozilla to have a login screen because your computer/OS
> > login is too slow.
>
>NO, i capped "AGAIN", not "wait"!!!
How does a keyboard lock or screen saver not do that? If you walk away
from a machine which is running and logged in without any protection,
regardless of the circumstances of the environment, if anyone happens to
see information that you don't want them to that's really your problem not
the application's, or even the operating system, unless and until you
install retinal verification.
Simon
> > Braden
>
>Please make at least an effort to read a post before regergitating your
>preconceived opinons.
>
>--
>
>Regards,
>
>Peter Lairo
