[Zope-dev] Re: [Zope] ZDESIGN IDEAS = How to improve 'manage' ?

Martijn Pieters mj@digicool.com
Tue, 9 Jan 2001 15:41:33 +0100


On Mon, Jan 08, 2001 at 12:18:37PM -0500, Mohan Baro wrote:
> Are you planning a manage_install for products?
> The ability for superusers to install complelte products directly through
> the management interface, no need for ftp.
> similar to import/export feature

I hope not! 

Anyone gaining management access to your Zope server will be
able to install arbitrary products on your server and gain access to the
file system. 

There is a strict dividing line between the file system and the ZMI,
allowing installation through the web interface will cross that line with
one giant step.

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Martijn Pieters
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