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ASK> Hello Avi Yashar & everyone else, ASK> on 19-Jun-2005 at 09:43 you (Avi Yashar) wrote: >> So are you saying that an application that can - and does - ask for >> a password before opening up cannot also ask for a password before >> uninstalling itself? Because if you are saying that, then I will >> have to dig up examples of other applications that do demand a >> password before you can uninstall them. ASK> You don't need to do that. I don't want to stretch this ASK> discussion based on "what if" and "possibly maybe" scenarious any ASK> further as long as our initial understanding of security seems to ASK> differ so much. ASK> I'll stick with my point that a working security concept includes ASK> that no other person (other than an administrator) has access to ASK> your computer to install or remove programs. Thats like locking ASK> the inside doors of your house while not putting the keys away, ASK> and leaving your front door open at the same time. Well, you may have more than one user with an administrative role in a single computer. -- Best regards, Goncalo Farias Macintosh: Computing as designed by Rube Goldberg. ________________________________________________________ Current beta is 3.5.29 | 'Using TBBETA' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html IMPORTANT: To register as a Beta tester, use this link first - http://www.ritlabs.com/en/partners/testers/
