[Opensim-dev] Security and ClientView

[Melanie]

That is actually what i meant.

Frisby, Adam wrote:
> Not quite the right place IMO.
> 
> That's then going:
> 
>         ClientStack -> Perms Module -> Other Modules
> 
> I'd prefer:
> 
>         ClientStack -> Other Modules <-> Perms Module if appropriate
> 
> Adam
> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: opensim-dev-bounces at lists.berlios.de [mailto:opensim-dev-
>> bounces at lists.berlios.de] On Behalf Of Melanie
>> Sent: Wednesday, 5 November 2008 8:45 AM
>> To: opensim-dev at lists.berlios.de
>> Subject: Re: [Opensim-dev] Security and ClientView
>>
>> There is a permissions module.
>>
>> +1 for putting security checks there.
>>
>> Melanie
>>
>>
>> Justin Clark-Casey wrote:
>> > Frisby, Adam wrote:
>> >> In preparation for some changes I'd like to make once 0.6 has hit
>> (the
>> >> IClientAPI stuff I mentioned a few weeks back) I've been reviewing
>> some
>> >> of the ClientView.cs files and have noticed something potentially
>> >> disturbing - we're doing security checks in the packet processing
>> layer.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> I realise when we only have one ClientView, it doesn't matter too
>> much
>> >> where those checks occur - however when we add multiple client views
>> >> into the system, we're potentially in a situation where there could
>> be
>> >> different security permissions depending on which client you connect
>> with.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> I would like to propose that as a standard, we handle 'Can a user do
>> >> this' in the appropriate module rather than in the Client Stack. IE
>> -
>> >> doing 'can a user terraform here?' inside the Terrain module instead
>> of
>> >> 'RecieveTerraformPacket'.
>> >
>> > +1 - makes sense.
>> >
>>
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