Re: Yet Another Emerging Web 2.0 Security Threat: Adobe Integrated Runtime (AIR)

["Eduardo Tongson" <propolice () gmail com>]

You don't run AIR inside a browser. This is similar to Flash
applications compiled to exe. Basically you can program desktop
applications using Flash, JS etc. A sample application/game developed
in AIR I looked at [1].

[1] <http://blog.eonsec.com/2008/02/tongits-is-in-air.html>

  Ed

On Mon, Feb 25, 2008 at 1:37 PM, Paul Ferguson <fergdawg () netzero net> wrote:
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>  Via InfoWorld.
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>  [snip]
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>  Bridging the gap between desktop and Web applications, Adobe Systems is set
>  to ship today its AIR (Adobe Integrated Runtime) 1.0 technology for melding
>  applications from both of these realms. Formerly known by its code name
>  Apollo, the free technology already is being used in applications at places
>  such as NASDAQ and AOL.
>
>  AIR is a desktop runtime that allows Web applications to be run on the
>  desktop in a disconnected fashion, said Michele Turner, vice president of
>  the Adobe platform business unit. "We really believe the innovation in
>  technology today is... on the Web and that the desktop has stagnated over
>  the last couple of years," she said.
>
>  Supported on Windows and Macintosh, AIR extends to Web applications desktop
>  capabilities such as drag-and-drop, system notification, and local file
>  system access. Applications using AIR can be written using the same
>  technologies commonly used to build Web applications, including Adobe Flex
>  and Flash, HTML, and JavaScript.
>
>  [snip]
>
>  More:
>  http://www.infoworld.com/article/08/02/24/adobe-air_1.html
>
>  See also:
>  http://www.infoworld.com/article/08/02/25/air-list_1.html
>
>  Somehow, I think this is going to make a lot of people's lives
>  a lot more interesting.
>
>  I can't wait until NoScript integrates blocking for it...  :-)
>
>  - - ferg
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