[50] in WWW Security List Archive
Re: GSS API...
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jan Hardenbergh)
Wed Aug 17 18:44:38 1994
From: Jan Hardenbergh <jch@nell.oki.com>
To: www-security <www-security@ns1.rutgers.edu>
Date: Wed, 17 Aug 94 15:28:00 E
So, a DLL-like solution is possible on almost all UNIX boxes, as long as it
is kept simple and the routines are called through pointers in a struct or
table.
I know there are at least a few examples - "plugin" software is common
enough
that we should be using the ... ? ... conventions.
If someone can place a file in the server's search path, then you have no
security.
Encrypting files on the server - just storing them encrypted seems like a
good idea.
The copyright problem is no different than software, or anything else. Let's
not
make new problems.
The payment problem should move to www-buyinfo[-request]
http://www.research.att.com/announce-w-b.txt
YON, jch@oki.com, Jan C. Hardenbergh, OKI Advanced Products 508-460-8655
"Imagination is more important than knowledge" A. Einstein - thank the gods
