On 25/10/2011, at 9:49 AM, Adam Barth wrote: >> Adam's point in the bug is that any operation that can access colour >> channels might be able to perform a timing attack. This would include SVG >> filters operating on HTML content without any hardware acceleration. >> >> For this reason I'm still tempted to suggest the combination of CSS_FILTERS >> + WEBGL is enough of a switch for ports to disable this, but I'm happy to >> add another one. >> >> I'm not sure at what point we should take the discussion from this list and >> onto bugzilla. > > I don't believe you understand the security issue. I'd recommend you > seek the advice of security experts to help you make this decision.
OK, I'll make sure CSS Shaders has a separate flag which allows ports to turn it off. But you'll still be susceptible to the same problems with CSS_FILTERS, and with the current implementation of SVG filters that you support. Dean _______________________________________________ webkit-dev mailing list webkit-dev@lists.webkit.org http://lists.webkit.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/webkit-dev
