Re: [email] RE: [GD-General] A portable preferences library

[J C L. <cl...@ka...>]

On Thu, 4 Dec 2003 16:49:45 -0800 
Colin Fahey <cp...@ea...> wrote:

> All user preferences and patched files can be placed or retrieved from
> the application archive by a login (decryption key), but a hacker
> cannot cause any predictable change to the application or its data.

You may like to do some reading up on capability models and the use of
capability models in security.

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