Re: Re: metacard, internet and security

2000-08-14 Thread opus.species
I wrote 2) solution based on limiting the runtime The Navigator, MSIE or javascript have some internal limitations to forbid writing on the user's disk. Would it be possible to have in metatalk some internal flag forbiding a runtime to write on the user's disk but in the folder where

Re: metacard, internet and security

2000-08-14 Thread Raymond E. Griffith
on 8/13/2000 11:29 PM, Scott Raney [EMAIL PROTECTED] replied to "opus.species" [EMAIL PROTECTED]: But we have now to consider the security... A *.mc app can do anything : destroy all the data of a computer, use a computer to destroy all the data on a network, ... Just like any email

Re: Re: metacard, internet and security

2000-08-14 Thread Scott Raney
On Mon, 14 Aug 2000, opus.species wrote: I wrote 2) solution based on limiting the runtime The Navigator, MSIE or javascript have some internal limitations to forbid writing on the user's disk. Would it be possible to have in metatalk some internal flag forbiding a runtime to

Re: metacard, internet and security

2000-08-13 Thread opus.species
As most people on this list i downloaded and tested the portal of Sivakatirswami. That's a great job ! Until now, the "computer based training" solutions where based on java (cf toolbook) or shockwave or flash. It was difficult to program and/or heavy to download. Sivakatirswami's solution is

Re: metacard, internet and security

2000-08-13 Thread Pierre Sahores
"opus.species" wrote: As most people on this list i downloaded and tested the portal of Sivakatirswami. That's a great job ! Until now, the "computer based training" solutions where based on java (cf toolbook) or shockwave or flash. It was difficult to program and/or heavy to download.

Re: metacard, internet and security

2000-08-13 Thread andu
As most people on this list i downloaded and tested the portal of Sivakatirswami. That's a great job ! Until now, the "computer based training" solutions where based on java (cf toolbook) or shockwave or flash. It was difficult to program and/or heavy to download. Sivakatirswami's solution is

Re: metacard, internet and security

2000-08-13 Thread Scott Raney
On Sun, 13 Aug 2000, opus.species wrote: As most people on this list i downloaded and tested the portal of Sivakatirswami. That's a great job ! Until now, the "computer based training" solutions where based on java (cf toolbook) or shockwave or flash. It was difficult to program and/or

Re: metacard, internet and security

2000-08-13 Thread Sivakatirswami
That's a great job ! Until now, the "computer based training" solutions where based on java (cf toolbook) or shockwave or flash. It was difficult to program and/or heavy to download. Sivakatirswami's solution is light, powerful and elegant. Unwarranted praise. . .It's Scott solution already