Re: Rise of the Plugins



On Fri, 2007-05-18 at 12:54 +0200, Martin Soto wrote:
> > I'm not saying there aren't security implications of plugins, but being 
> > able to run code on login is much easier to do without bothering with them!
> 
> The fact that we already have some security holes to plug doesn't mean
> we should open new ones, though.

If plugins are disabled by default, then the user has to activate a
plugin explicitly.  This is less that optimal from a users point of
view, but it would solve the security issue.

Ross
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