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<LI><em>From</em>: J C Lawrence &lt;<A HREF="mailto:claw#under,engr.sgi.com">claw#under,engr.sgi.com</A>&gt;</LI>
<LI><em>Date</em>: Thu, 19 Mar 1998 16:15:56 -0800 (PST)</LI>
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Worth thinking about:

From: "Scott G. Stewart" &lt;sstewart#or,cadix.com&gt;
Newsgroups: rec.games.mud.lp
Subject: Functional Security
Date: Thu, 19 Mar 1998 14:23:46 -0800

The few LPC security schemes I have looked at seem to emphasize file
system security (the ability to read or write a file).  Is functional
security (the ability to invoke a function in an object) downplayed, or
have I missed something?

When I looked at the Lima code, I saw that the monster "die()" function
had no security....  Does this mean that a "hostile" wizard could create
an object which calls that function on any given target?

I can imagine a Mud where wizards have creation capability,  but compete
against each other, and are therefore bound by certain rules.  In such a
situation, you would not want one wizard to call the functions in
another's object.

-- Scott

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<LI><STRONG>3D engines for MUDs</STRONG>, <EM>(continued)</EM>
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00876" HREF="msg00876.html">3D engines for MUDs</A></strong>, 
s001gmu <a href="mailto:s001gmu#nova,wright.edu">s001gmu#nova,wright.edu</a>, Tue 24 Mar 1998, 15:30 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00866" HREF="msg00866.html">Re: [MUD-Dev]	3D engines for MUDs</A></strong>, 
Chris Gray <a href="mailto:cg#ami-cg,GraySage.Edmonton.AB.CA">cg#ami-cg,GraySage.Edmonton.AB.CA</a>, Mon 23 Mar 1998, 23:21 GMT
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Chris Gray <a href="mailto:cg#ami-cg,GraySage.Edmonton.AB.CA">cg#ami-cg,GraySage.Edmonton.AB.CA</a>, Fri 20 Mar 1998, 16:47 GMT
<LI><strong><A NAME="00789" HREF="msg00789.html">Re: [MUD-Dev]  (fwd) Functional Security</A></strong>, 
Felix A. Croes <a href="mailto:felix#xs1,simplex.nl">felix#xs1,simplex.nl</a>, Fri 20 Mar 1998, 16:40 GMT
<LI><strong><A NAME="00776" HREF="msg00776.html">(fwd) Functional Security</A></strong>, 
J C Lawrence <a href="mailto:claw#under,engr.sgi.com">claw#under,engr.sgi.com</a>, Fri 20 Mar 1998, 00:04 GMT
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