[PD] new to the list + ideas

Johannes M Zmoelnig zmoelnig at iem.at
Mon Nov 22 18:54:56 CET 2004


� wrote:
> On Mon, 22 Nov 2004, Johannes M Zmoelnig wrote:
> 
>>>Yes, we still have to write docs. There are actually several things that
>>>can not be done with the plugin, like reading from the filesystem etc.
>>>
>>>This is a serious limitation and we are thinking of including some
>>>streaming objects instead.
>>
>>but it is far more secure to not allow filesystem acess.
> 
> 
> I meant streaming objects as in streaming from internet, they would
> not need file access.
> 

yes, that's what i meant too.
i just wanted to point out that it is good not to have local file access 
(as it already is)

> 
> The zip file seems to be a good idea in order to be able to load several
> patches and subpatches.
> 
> I am not sure if this is a good idea for externals, though. We are
> planning to make the plugin secure in the future, if we would allow
> loading of uncontrolled externals and libraries, this would be impossible.
> 

true too.
on the other hand it seems simpler to include externals too.

mfg.a.dr
IOhannes




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