On Tuesday 28 of October 2008 13:11:55 Remko Tronçon wrote: > > The whole fs is a very bad idea, but I do not see a reason against > > exposing /home/dmeyer/shared to the rest of the world. > > I do. Once you start exposing a part of your fs, you are opening the > door to a lot of trouble: users accidentally exposing their whole hard > drive, your software suddenly having very security-critical code for > which even the smallest bug can have big consequences, ... > > Personally, I wouldn't trust running an IM client with this > functionality (assuming I know my client has this functionality). I > realise that even without this, a client could still 'accidentally' > expose private information to your network, but the chances are a lot > bigger if ther is code that explicitly shares files from your local > filesystem. > > cheers, > Remko
As much as I personally agree with this point of view, I think that if there's popular demand for such feature, it should be considered. We don't want to fail users' expectations. Especially in the case MSN (AFAIK) does have such feature. -- Stop Skype Plague XMPP Jabber ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
