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Iron Wallaby
Paranoid (IV) Inmate

From: USA
Insane since: May 2004

posted posted 09-28-2006 23:26

Hey guys

I'm trying to do XMLHttpRequests on remote servers for information querying purposes (ie. screenscraping). Now, this is obviously a security violation, which is why I need to request permission from the user.

In firefox, this is pretty easy:

code:
netscape.security.PrivilegeManager.enablePrivilege ("UniversalBrowserRead")



Does anybody know of a way to do a similar sort of request in Opera?

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bitdamaged
Maniac (V) Mad Scientist

From: 100101010011 <-- right about here
Insane since: Mar 2000

posted posted 09-29-2006 06:12

I don't think you can but obviously poi would be the one to ask.



.:[ Never resist a perfect moment ]:.

poi
Paranoid (IV) Inmate

From: Norway
Insane since: Jun 2002

posted posted 09-29-2006 14:46

There is no equivalent of netscape.security.PrivilegeManager.enablePrivilege( ) in Opera. This might be a useful feature if the UI is clear for the users and do not let evil people trick the users to grant higher privileges by mistake.

However some relaxed builds of Opera 8.5 were released for testing purpose with Opera Platform.

Widgets also have a relaxed security model. And basically all you need to turn a web page into a widget is a config.xml file to set the name and default resolution and ZIP the whole thing.



(Edited by poi on 09-29-2006 15:23)

Iron Wallaby
Paranoid (IV) Inmate

From: USA
Insane since: May 2004

posted posted 09-29-2006 22:22

Guess that'll have to be how it is. Thanks, guys.

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