Re: Beta-test version of NSMessagePort on windows (mingw32) ready

[Sheldon Gill]

Richard Frith-Macdonald wrote:
> I got zero response to my announcement of NSMessagePort/ 
> NSMessagePortNameServer for mingw32 last Thursday.

I'm sorry it's taken 6 days for me to reply. I was working over the weekend and 
haven't had much time.

I certainly haven't had enought time to test your NSMessagePort implementation.

One thing I note, though, is that MailSlots aren't machine local. To quote MSDN:

"The owner of the mailslot can retrieve messages that are stored there. These 
messages are typically sent over a network to either a specified computer or to 
all computers in a specified domain."

Given that currently you aren't passing a security descriptor, anyone will be 
able to post to a message port on another computer as long as it's in the same 
domain. Certainly not local per user, I'm afraid.


Regards,
Sheldon