Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!husc6!cmcl2!nrl-cmf!ames!claris!clay From: clay@claris.UUCP (Clay Maeckel) Newsgroups: comp.protocols.appletalk Subject: Re: Appleshare query about sharing executables Message-ID: <360@claris.UUCP> Date: 23 Mar 88 17:17:53 GMT References: <1988Mar6.175513.8478@LU.Se> Reply-To: clay@claris.UUCP (Clay Maeckel) Organization: Claris Corporation, Mountain View CA Lines: 21 In article eaiu268@ORION.CF.UCI.EDU (David O'Rourke) writes: >programs. I would like to see Apple implement execute only with out having to >re-implement the current operating system and making all the existing software ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >incompatable when run over a network. > >David M. O'Rourke I think this is the main reason why we won't see a real "execute only" mode. The Mac doesn't have a temporary place to put an executing copy of the program without granting read privileges to it, and once it is anywhere where something can read it, you can copy it. I can't think of any method using the current state of the OS to make this work without hackers breaking the method within a week. Does anyone have any good ideas on how "execute only" mode would work? -- Clay Maeckel * UUCP: {ames,apple,portal,sun,voder}!claris!clay (I know nothing!) * Arpanet: claris!clay@ames.arc.nasa.gov Claris Corporation * AppleLink: Maeckel1 * CompuServe: 73057,255