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Re: XML in IE 5.0
From: avalon () COOMBS ANU EDU AU (Darren Reed)
Date: Tue, 18 Jan 2000 07:28:27 +1100
In some mail from Ryan Russell, sie said: [...]
For Windows users, The MS guys gave an interesting talk at the NTBugtraq Canada Day Party at Russ' house last year. NT2000 will include a feature that is similar to su on unix, which will allow one to have different windows open as different users on the same box... I believe it's an extension of the terminal server concept. Anyway, once folks get NT2000, they should really consider running their browsers as locked-down, non-priveledged users. I believe you can do the same on most modern unices now with judicious use of su and xhost adjustments.
Except that user preferences are no longer stored as being owned by *that* user (roaming profile problems anyone ?), per-user disk cache usage isn't associated with the correct user, etc. Can you really imagine 90% of Internet users being savvy enough to run a browser in an "su" window ? The other option here for M$ is to reinvent the setuid bit :-> Darren
Current thread:
- Re: XML in IE 5.0 Mike Brown (Jan 13)
- Re: XML in IE 5.0 Mikael Olsson (Jan 13)
- Re: XML in IE 5.0 Mike Brown (Jan 13)
- <Possible follow-ups>
- Re: XML in IE 5.0 Ryan Russell (Jan 14)
- Re: XML in IE 5.0 Brian Behlendorf (Jan 17)
- Re: XML in IE 5.0 David LeBlanc (Jan 18)
- Re: XML in IE 5.0 Jesper M. Johansson (Jan 19)
- Re: XML in IE 5.0 Brian Behlendorf (Jan 17)
- Re: XML in IE 5.0 Darren Reed (Jan 17)
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