[Opensim-dev] Changing the permissions of osAvatarName2Key

[Oren Hurvitz]

But what do you think the threat level *should* be? I think this is a safe
function that should be callable by everyone, since names and avatar UUID's
are public knowledge.

On Mon, Aug 3, 2015 at 4:46 PM, Mister Blue <misterblue at misterblue.com>
wrote:

> Changing the ThreatLevel as opposed to changing the entry in
> 'osslEnable.ini' would cause existing installation that are using
> ThreatLevels as os function control to allow these functions. The
> ThreatLevel change would change regions that enable os functions but only
> the VeryLow functions. Are there many regions that do this?
>
> As an alternative, leave it ThreatLevel 'low' but change the entry in
> osslEnable.ini  to 'true'. This would enable the function for all while
> keeping the previous threat note. Region owners who are using the
> ThreatLevel for control will probably think this is set at the level they
> need. Those who are not using ThreatLevel (and are probably just using the
> osslEnable.ini settings) wouldn't mind changing these functions to be
> enabled.
>
> Also, if changing ThreatLevel is a Good Thing, consider changing
> osGetGridName and osGetGridNick to VeryLow as these functions are needed by
> scripts while HGing. These are already 'true' in osslEnable.ini.
>
> == mb
>
> On Mon, Aug 3, 2015 at 5:44 AM, Oren Hurvitz <orenh at kitely.com> wrote:
>
>> Currently, osAvatarName2Key has ThreatLevel "Low" and is further
>> restricted to the estate manager or owner.
>>
>> A pending patch will change the permission to VeryLow, and allow the
>> function to be called by anyone.
>>
>> I think that's fine: this doesn't seem like a sensitive function. Is
>> there any reason not to allow this?
>>
>> And while we're at it, osKey2Name is similarly restricted, and I think it
>> should similarly be allowed to be called by anyone.
>>
>> --
>> Oren Hurvitz
>> VP R&D
>> Kitely Ltd.
>>
>> Email: orenh at kitely.com <ilan at kitely.com>
>>
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Oren Hurvitz
VP R&D
Kitely Ltd.

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