Re: [Rails-devel] Save-file compatibility issues

[Aliza P. <ali...@gm...>]

On Mon, Dec 21, 2009 at 6:21 AM, Jeffrey Brent McBeth <mc...@br...> wrote:
> On Mon, Dec 21, 2009 at 05:24:32AM -0800, Chris Shaffer wrote:
>> Could you explicate the security issues?  We are currently doing exactly
>> this, and it works just fine.  It is also convenient for multiplatform - all
>> I need is access to Dropbox, and it doesn't matter if I'm on my home Ubuntu,
>> my work Mac, etc...
>
> Running an application local to your machine is a security risk only
> if your machine has been compromised.
>
> Running an application across the network is a security risk if your
> machine, the protocol, or the remote machine have been compromised.
>

When the remote disk is something like a Dropbox share, I also need to
trust everyone else with access to the share.

I don't think there are viruses that infect .jar files just yet, but
I'm sure that will happen eventually.

 - Aliza