>> Hopefully, with our security considerations,
>> virii shouldn't be a problem.
> Uli: they will be.
> After all, our porting criteria also include
> that HyperCard virii like MerryXmas will run.
> Of course, we could add some protection
> schemes that prevent the home stack from being
> modified etc.
Alain: Home for sure, but it is not the only sensitive
component. All scripts should be protectable. Make
sure, among other things, that nefarious programs like
The Devil's Workshop are effectively barred access.
Possible?
> MP0werd: True, but I thought we'd sandbag
> anything from the net.
Alain: Are you referring to the security procedure
that executes tainted code in a special protected
environment? (often referred to as a "sandbox")
> MP0werd: Now that you mention it,
> maybe the engine could have
> built-in antiviral heuristics.
Alain: What a really hot idea that could be fruitfully
expanded upon. An engin that employs heuristics in the
form of editable rules, to detect virus-like activity
for example. The same inference engin could also be
used though for other interesting meta-level features.
My favorite plan in this regard is to create an
agent-based system that models its own behaviour ->
A-life.
Alain: I am not talking about version 1.x of FreeCard,
of course. This A-life agent idea is much more
long-term than that. But I suspect that such a thing
has to be designed in from the first instead of an
after-thought while in mid-flight, which is what
prompts me to mention it now.
Alain: What are we doing, conceptually or practically,
to make FreeCard innovative? Are we envisioning a mere
clone of circa 1987 software, or (ultimately)
something that will have an edge that xCards haven't
touched yet?
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