On Thu, Aug 13, 2015 at 1:35 PM Alexey Suslikov <alexey.susli...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 11, 2015 at 11:20 PM, Brandon Mercer > <yourcomputer...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Another thing that bothers me. These keys are USB HIDs, right? Is it > safe > >> enough to let browser access USB bus (USB keyboard is HID and people > >> can type different things on it). > > > > > > Well, that part of it is a completely different animal. It's probably > worth > > a separate discussion about how the protocol works. You are suggesting > that > > this couldn't even be made to work in a secure fashion, and I'm not > going to > > disagree with you. > > Not exactly what I suggested. > > My idea was a sort of USB proxy (emulator) to allow software like Chrome > to access USB bus in secure way (like if you can configure what do you want > to expose and what you don't). > > Smth like vscsi midlayer accessible from user-land which user in control > of. > > Chrome uses only sort of vusb hub/bus with only permitted devices behind. > I would be willing to get behind that. I have a side project that would also benefit from such a framework.
