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Hi Frank,

My main concern is the ability to run arbitrary binary code
just by opening a TeXmacs document.  The default security settings
should make this impossible.  If not, then this a bug,
and you are invited to file a bug report (preferably by
sending a priviate email in the case of such security issues).

Of course, we _do_ want to make it possible to run arbitrary code
inside a computer algebra session or from within certain scripts.
But this should always be a voluntary action of the user:
e.g. by pressing 'return' inside a session input,
or by modifying the security preferences.

Best wishes, --Joris


On Sat, Aug 22, 2020 at 10:15:06AM +0000, Frank wrote:
> Dear all,
> 
> I wonder whether there is a safe mode of TeXmacs to disallow side effects 
> (like unrestricted reading/writing external files) in a document (by 
> default)? For the moment maybe there is no such necessity, but when it is 
> more popular (note that TeX "virus" is possible), I think that such a thing 
> might be of some use when opening a shared document.
> 
> Best,
> Frank
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