Windows-style security? You mean Windows has functionality built-in to allow a programmer (as opposed to the RIAA) to restrict where his data goes? Cool, I'll have to become a Windows programmer.

Perhaps you are mistaking this for some of the ridiculous DRM schemes that have recently become fashionable. I don't think that's what the original poster intended. I read it as being about a way that the *programmer* could specify how his data could be used, as an additional safety-net in case he tried to do something dumb like spew a credit card number into the error logs. Which seems jolly sensible to me.

And encryption does not automagically provide security. Your naivety here is touching, but dangerous.

In reply to Re: Re: 'Restricted' data, an additional security mechanism for Perl. by DrHyde
in thread 'Restricted' data, an additional security mechanism for Perl. by pjf

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