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Requirement (1) will provide Feed Plugins with the freedom to implement whatever security model they need, while requirements (2) and (3) will give them the ability to present that model to the end-user in an understandable way.
Ubiquity 0.2 will contain one two built-in Feed Plugin called the Plugins: * The '''Default Command Feed Plugin'''. This plugin encapsulates Ubiquity 0.1's implementation for command feeds, which assumes that all subscribed-to command feeds are trusted and gives them full control over the end-user's system; it also warns the user when they attempt to subscribe to a feed that's served by an untrusted host or is sent over an insecure connection. * The ''Locked-Down Command Feed Plugin''' is a super-secure, but super-restrictive security plugin. ''TODO: Description goes here.'' The aim of 0.2 is to provide the infrastructure and tools for new, more secure Feed Plugins to arise that will eventually replace the default.
Possibilities for Feed Plugins include:
