[Rails-devel] Running Rails directly from shared dropbox

[Jim B. <ji...@ko...>]

Guys-

Running Rails directly from a shared dropbox isn't a 'slight' security risk- it's a huge security risk.

This is the classic 'trojan horse' scenario, where people run something they think they trust- and it might be something completely different, or a virus-impregnated version of the original.

When I run Rails, it has full access to read/write files on my local disk.   I need to trust Rails, essentially- I only do, because I get it myself from the sourceforge download page.  Otherwise I'd have no basis to trust the program at all.  

Most certainly, there will be some bad-apples/hackers in the online game community- you really don't want to run any programs this cavalierly.  

just my two cents.

 - jim

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