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I want to allow users to install "safe" zipped files
"rvj" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> After all these years I'm still uneasy about Mozilla security so can
anyone
> clarify ??
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> I want to allow users to install to "safe" zipped files
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> My basic understanding is that all chrome references implicitly support
> privileged operations
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> Therefore I want to allow the installation of "chrome-like" zip files .
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> Such "safe" files have no security privileges so any XUL files or calls to
> Mozilla interfaces will be ignored
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> Assuming this folder is called NonChrome
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> Mozilla
> Chrome
> NonChrome
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> then ANY users can install zipped files into NonChrome but STILL use the
> chrome mechanism to refer to the zipped files without security issues.
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> 1) Does this seem reasonable and does it mean
> a) creating a "NonChrome" protocol??
> b) creating a separate "NonChrome" rdf directory and installation
> mechanism??
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> 2) .. or is there a simpler solution ?????????
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> PS In an ideal word, I would like to have is a folder structure like
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> Mozilla
> Chrome
> Privileged
> NonPrivileged
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