On Sat, Jan 24, 2009 at 09:41:48PM -0500, Linda Messerschmidt wrote:
> > When it comes to limiting the users, I think you will have to write
> > your own master that prevents them from accessing modules that can be
> > "dangerous".
> Thanks to you (and everyone else) for the replies. That's what I was
> afraid of. I'll poke around at the base master and see what I can
> find.
take a look at sTeam too. sTeam implements a protection layer used to
prevent objects from calling other objects that it diesn't have
permission for.
i don't know if steam needs the master for that or if it does it all
through the proxy-objects, but it may be helpful either way.
> If I just want to allow a short list of pre-approved modules,
> maybe it won't be too complicated to add, though it sounds like some
> people are already working on similar stuff that may well be done by
> the time it becomes a factor.
don't count on that though, better ask those people for what they have
so far and try to work with it. your feedback and improvements will also
help them... :-)
greetings, martin.
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