Windows Program Support

Scott Ritchie scott at open-vote.org
Mon Nov 12 04:39:17 UTC 2007


Evan wrote:
> On Nov 11, 2007 6:25 PM, Jan Claeys <lists at janc.be> wrote:
> 
>> I suggest you have a look at System -> Preferences -> Removable storage
>> & media (in Ubuntu)...
>>
> 
> I could be wrong, but doesn't that just automatically launch every binary on
> the disk? If it does refer to the autorun I was talking about (like ubuntu
> install disks use when put into a machine running windows), then it should
> be reworded to better explain that.
> 
> 

There is nothing wrong, from a security perspective or otherwise, with
creating an autorun prompt that allows the user to optionally run an
application.

That's all we need to do for Windows autorun anyway.

Thanks,
Scott Ritchie




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