Security considerations
OmniMark runs with user level privileges, and OmniMark programs, like programs written in any other general
purpose programming language, have the capability to interact with their environment through a number of features
including:
- the
system-call action, which causes other programs to run at the same privilege level as
OmniMark,
- actions and expressions which read and/or write files,
- file tests,
- external function libraries shipped with OmniMark, including OMVFS, OMFTP, OMTCP, OMSYSOUT, and OMPROCESS, and
- external function libraries written by third parties.
All these features allow programmers to write programs that could compromise the security of your system.
OmniMark programs, or child programs called by OmniMark, may be able to copy, delete, rewrite, or transmit files,
including system files. You should take the appropriate precautions to ensure the security of your systems is not
compromised.