[Bf-committers] "Security" gets in the way

[joe]

Why do we need these "security" features anyway? It's not like there
aren't tons of exploits that could be taken advantage off anyway.
Blender is a producton 3d app, not a web browser.

Joe

On Thu, Apr 29, 2010 at 2:09 AM, Charles Wardlaw
<cwardlaw at marchentertainment.com> wrote:
>> Blender isn't the only 3d app to use python as embedded language. I
>> wonder how Maya and Houdini deal with these kinds of problems? And not
>> only 3d packages encounter such issues - Google App Engine for example
>> restricts usage of some python modules.
>
> The simple answer is: they don't. If Maya tried to add security settings to files you can bet your own child the uproar would be heard into space, and they'd roll back the change pretty quickly.
>
> The same goes for all other packages I've used which implement Python.
> ~ C
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