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Labs/Ubiquity/0.2 Design: UI and Security Extensibility (view source)
Revision as of 23:05, 16 December 2008
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* The '''Default Command Feed 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 '''Default Command Feed 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 aim of 0.2 is to provide the infrastructure and tools for new, | * The '''Locked-Down Command Feed Plugin''' is a trivial proof-of-concept Feed Plugin that can be used to create simple commands that operate on plaintext and don't use the network, such as "uppercase". While completely secure, it's also extremely restrictive. | ||
The aim of 0.2 is to provide the infrastructure and tools for new, secure yet flexible Feed Plugins to arise that will eventually replace the default. | |||
Possibilities for Feed Plugins include: | Possibilities for Feed Plugins include: | ||