Re: Security stuff

[Anthony Jacques <jacquesa@zetnet.co.uk>]

> > Unless the cost of imperfect security is poor compatibility... However,
> > if a new flag is defined in the program headers (defaulting to insecure,
> > for old apps) then this situation is not compromised.
>
> Ohh, you all may be sure that I *do* (DO!) care on backward compatibility,
> running MiNT all the time on my Falcon and using all sorts of software on
> it. I DON'T want to lose this software.

But thinking about it... aren't the program headers stored in the beginning
of the file? if so, then a person uploading a program which will break
security mechanisms (as previously described) can simply set the flag in
the header before they upload it... 

Anthony