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<LI><em>From</em>: Shawn Halpenny <<A HREF="mailto:malachai#iname,com">malachai#iname,com</A>></LI>
<LI><em>Date</em>: Wed, 21 May 1997 10:30:45 -0400</LI>
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Jeff Kesselman wrote:
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> The big issue I have with player coding noone seems to have mentioedn yet--
> security. In a commercial game (sorry, but thats my world) where players
> are ALREADY trying to cheat through nay means possible, player server
> coding is ONLY possible with an EXTREMELY tight security model that knows
> what is and isnt reasasonable for player code to effect. Otherwise you
> end up having to carefully examine EVERY peice of user code for potential
> loopholes, trap doors. etc.
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> Frankly thats more work IMO then just coding the building blocks your world
> builders need on an as needed basis.
>
> JK
There were a few posts a couple weeks back, most substantively from
Chris Lawrence (I think), where inheritance was explored as a security
model. I've no definite security model in mind yet, but I'll certainly
need one. How many of us are looking to have some form of
user-programming anyway? And to what degree are things
user-programmable, for that matter?
--
Shawn Halpenny
"People that are really very weird can get into sensitive
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<LI><STRONG>Re: [MUD-Dev] handling ambiguity, and prompts</STRONG>, <EM>(continued)</EM>
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00803" HREF="msg00803.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] handling ambiguity, and prompts</A></strong>,
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00597" HREF="msg00597.html">Re: Player coding and security</A></strong>,
Jeff Kesselman <a href="mailto:jeffk#tenetwork,com">jeffk#tenetwork,com</a>, Mon 19 May 1997, 23:51 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00661" HREF="msg00661.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Re: Player coding and security</A></strong>,
Shawn Halpenny <a href="mailto:malachai#iname,com">malachai#iname,com</a>, Wed 21 May 1997, 21:30 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00678" HREF="msg00678.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Re: Player coding and security</A></strong>,
Nathan Yospe <a href="mailto:yospe#hawaii,edu">yospe#hawaii,edu</a>, Thu 22 May 1997, 01:23 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00685" HREF="msg00685.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Re: Player coding and security</A></strong>,
clawrenc <a href="mailto:clawrenc#cup,hp.com">clawrenc#cup,hp.com</a>, Thu 22 May 1997, 05:34 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00694" HREF="msg00694.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Re: Player coding and security</A></strong>,
Shawn Halpenny <a href="mailto:malachai#iname,com">malachai#iname,com</a>, Fri 23 May 1997, 00:41 GMT
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