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Bugtraq Archives: Re: XML in IE 5.0

Re: XML in IE 5.0

Subject: Re: XML in IE 5.0
From: Darren Reed (avalonCOOMBS.ANU.EDU.AU)
Date: Mon Jan 17 2000 - 14:28:27 CST

In some mail from Ryan Russell, sie said:
[...]
> For Windows users, The MS guys gave an interesting talk at the NTBugtraq
> Canada Day Party at Russ' house last year. NT2000 will include a feature that
> is similar to su on unix, which will allow one to have different windows open
> as different users on the same box... I believe it's an extension of the
> terminal server concept. Anyway, once folks get NT2000, they should really
> consider running their browsers as locked-down, non-priveledged users.
>
> I believe you can do the same on most modern unices now with judicious
> use of su and xhost adjustments.

Except that user preferences are no longer stored as being owned by *that*
user (roaming profile problems anyone ?), per-user disk cache usage isn't
associated with the correct user, etc. Can you really imagine 90% of
Internet users being savvy enough to run a browser in an "su" window ?
The other option here for M$ is to reinvent the setuid bit :->

Darren

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