Re: Security for launching from URL

2008-07-07 Thread Eben Eliason
On Fri, Jul 4, 2008 at 6:42 PM, Ivan Krstić [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: That said, the URI handler approach should be used sparingly. It's one thing to allow starting an audio player by clicking an MP3 link in the browser, and another to arbitrarily execute code (e.g. through an execution

Re: Security for launching from URL

2008-07-07 Thread Benjamin M. Schwartz
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Eben Eliason wrote: | I really don't see anything wrong with injecting a modal alert, | displayed by Sugar, into this process if we must. Clicking on an mp3 | in Browse would reveal this alert, and ask for confirmation that the | user wishes to open

Re: Security for launching from URL

2008-07-07 Thread Eben Eliason
On Mon, Jul 7, 2008 at 1:08 PM, Benjamin M. Schwartz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Eben Eliason wrote: | I really don't see anything wrong with injecting a modal alert, | displayed by Sugar, into this process if we must. Clicking on an mp3 | in

Re: Security for launching from URL

2008-07-07 Thread Benjamin M. Schwartz
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Eben Eliason wrote: | No, what I've described is precisely /not/ the details view. OK. You want something whose function is the launcher component of the Details view, but whose form is simplified so as not to fill the screen. That's fine. Two

Re: Security for launching from URL

2008-07-07 Thread Eben Eliason
On Mon, Jul 7, 2008 at 1:29 PM, Benjamin M. Schwartz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Eben Eliason wrote: | No, what I've described is precisely /not/ the details view. OK. You want something whose function is the launcher component of the Details

Re: Security for launching from URL

2008-07-07 Thread Jameson Chema Quinn
Finally: Ivan do you see security implications in a future implementation of this approach which also allows the resulting changes to an object launched in this manner from being passed back to the invoking activity. For instance, consider a Website activity which you can import source

Re: Security for launching from URL

2008-07-07 Thread Noah Kantrowitz
On Jul 7, 2008, at 12:52 PM, Eben Eliason wrote: On Fri, Jul 4, 2008 at 6:42 PM, Ivan Krstić [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: That said, the URI handler approach should be used sparingly. It's one thing to allow starting an audio player by clicking an MP3 link in the browser, and another to

Re: Security for launching from URL

2008-07-07 Thread Eben Eliason
On Mon, Jul 7, 2008 at 4:59 PM, Noah Kantrowitz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Jul 7, 2008, at 12:52 PM, Eben Eliason wrote: On Fri, Jul 4, 2008 at 6:42 PM, Ivan Krstić [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: That said, the URI handler approach should be used sparingly. It's one thing to allow starting an

Re: Security for launching from URL

2008-07-07 Thread Bert Freudenberg
Am 07.07.2008 um 23:22 schrieb Eben Eliason: On Mon, Jul 7, 2008 at 4:59 PM, Noah Kantrowitz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Jul 7, 2008, at 12:52 PM, Eben Eliason wrote: On Fri, Jul 4, 2008 at 6:42 PM, Ivan Krstić [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: That said, the URI handler approach should be used

Re: Security for launching from URL

2008-07-06 Thread Ivan Krstić
On Jul 5, 2008, at 9:27 AM, Jameson Chema Quinn wrote: I do not think that URI's pointing to the local machine are what is needed here. Please try to make your messages simpler, shorter, and more to the point. I often find them difficult to follow and give up. I didn't read this one after

Re: Security for launching from URL

2008-07-06 Thread Jameson Chema Quinn
The message had two points. In point 1, the simpler, I just pointed out that downloading a file and opening it by mime type is equivalent, security-wise, to having a special URL handler. A UI can be worked out to reduce the needed clicks. In point 2, I basically argued that data should remember

Re: Security for launching from URL

2008-07-05 Thread Jameson Chema Quinn
On Fri, Jul 4, 2008 at 4:42 PM, Ivan Krstić [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Jul 4, 2008, at 1:37 PM, Edward Cherlin wrote: My guess is that there is a way to secure the process, but it might require some extra effort beyond a software fix, like teachers whitelisting URLs for lessons. Or

Security for launching from URL (was Re: Release 8.2.0 -- pls add critical features (Greg Smith))

2008-07-04 Thread Edward Cherlin
On Fri, Jul 4, 2008 at 6:35 AM, Bryan Berry [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Greg wrote: Thanks for keeping us apprised of your needs! My pleasure. I'm also not aware of any feasible design proposal which might address your request. You need a precedent or engineering level suggestion to move this

Re: Security for launching from URL

2008-07-04 Thread Ivan Krstić
On Jul 4, 2008, at 1:37 PM, Edward Cherlin wrote: My guess is that there is a way to secure the process, but it might require some extra effort beyond a software fix, like teachers whitelisting URLs for lessons. Or perhaps just whitelisting our Moodle instances. Signed lesson plans? At any