Re: exec.basic - comments please

["Mal Lansell" <mal@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

I've now got the app up and running - it seems to functioning
correctly, spawning multiple concurrent programs, and reporting the
start/failure and termination of each of them.

I just have to add the security features.  I'm thinking of going the
whole hog and encrypting the approved program list - that should
stop anyone messing with it.

Mal



--- In ukha_xpl@xxxxxxx, "John B" <home-automation@j...>
wrote:
>
> Hi Mal,
>
> > Actually, I've persuaded myself otherwise!
> >
> > There *will* be a list of approved applications.  This may
> > not guard against an xpl virus, but it will offer some
> > additional protection against messages originating from outside.
>
> Makes sense to me.
>
> Re. Log.basic, personally I'd just use it for reporting an error.
> The schema lets you specify whether you're logging information, a
> warning, or an error, so you could use it to log successful
executions.
>
> I guess the most flexible approach would be a "logging"
config item
> where you could specify various levels, e.g. log errors only, or
log all
> information.
>
> > The list will not be editable via the normal config route,
> > since this would render it useless.  I'm going to write a
> > simple config dialog to go with this one.  I've also been
> > thinking that an xPL control panel plugin would be nice, but
> > I need to read up a bit more to see if other vendors can add
> > tabs for their own apps first.
>
> This sounds interesting - let us know what you come up with.
>
> Regards,
>
> John
>