Re: Access control in Emacs?

[Stefan Monnier]

> I’m adding more powerful features to crdt.el including buffer local variable
> synchronizations and arbitrary remote command/function call,

Given the way Emacs is designed/structured this is a recipe for big
gaping security holes.  It can be OK to allow such things for *very*
specific cases (a few specific well understood variables), but even such
a "whitelist" is a problem because it requires careful and
long term maintenance.


        Stefan