Javier Fernandez-Sanguino Pen~a writes: > Xswallow is a plugin for Netscape that allows ANY X-based application > tu run inside Netscape. This allows you to run a VRML browser > (vrwave,vrweb..) or > a midi application inside Netscape without having to expressely save to disk > and then run it aside. It works with <EMBED> tags and /etc/mime.types.
This sounds distressingly like a serious security hole - unless it refuses requests resembling "xterm -e foo". It's not quite as bad as "xhost +", I'll admit, but it does sound like a major risk nevertheless. > I have tried it with Netscape 3.0 and 4.0b5 (not with Mozilla yet :( ) > it can be found as a RedHat package so I intend to use this first for the > first release. BTW it is GPL'd. Martin -- \_V_/ | Martin Read, goth, geek, rocker, and sometime tart. \ / | "Hiding out in South America/Protected by money and powerful friends V | Hoping the world has forgotten by now/All the things you did in the ------' Nazi death camps" -- New Model Army, "Vengeance" -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
