On 16-Nov-05, at 8:49 PM, Pat Farrell wrote:
On Wed, 2005-11-16 at 20:35 -0800, JJZolx wrote:
kdf Wrote:
i believe the rational behind requiring the remote is one of
security.
Access to network settings is something that not all users want to be
available to anyone with web access.
I don't quite follow this. I thought he was just asking why the
network setup wasn't in the settings section of the remote interface,
not for control from the web interface.
Perhaps he has something of a real request, but with the attitude,
its is hard to see any developer bothering to read his trolls.
well, there is that, but my answer was earlier in the thread. JJ is
probably quite capable of figuring it out for himself, but I'll indulge
the question anyway. Having the firmware respond means that the
hardware must be present, and being used at the time in the way it was
designed. Having a command embedded in the server, when the design
puts all commands into a common gateway means that this command is then
available via the web, CLI, RPC, etc. Any button or ir command can be
sent via the server. Add the fact that its open source, and anyone
could edit the server to trigger such functions at any time. It goes
beyond simply hiding passwords and wireless settings. Lets not forget,
we're now in a world where some places are actually trying to make it a
major crime to tap into nearby bandwidth. not funny then if your
squeezebox is arbitrarily set to link up with another network.
Hence, just as Pat has always pointed out, a security issue. My
apologies for not being thorough before, but I do tend to avoid giving
long drawn out histories as a first answer to a question when there are
much more efficient answers. In hindsight, I could have been even more
efficient.
I wonder if there isn't another way of accomplishing the same thing
in
the firmware - say by recognizing N presses in quick succession as
equivalent, or maybe some odd button sequence.
intriguing idea. I'm sure it's possible, but you'd have to have fast
fingers and a fast mechanical response on the button pads.
as it has been suggested, there are probably other buttons that can
learn the repeated code.
-kdf
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