On Tue, 16 Mar 1999 12:50:26 -0800 (PST), Jason Axley
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:

Jason> This is really the same issue of allowing PC Anywhere -type
Jason> applications to connect through your firewall.  There's a lot
Jason> of room for exploitation and a lot of unknown risk you'd be
Jason> assuming.

To be fair, it's also like allowing X11 through your firewall -- with
every desktop X server running with "xhost +": gives anyone remote
keyboard and mouse.

Fortunately, X is easier to block or safely proxy :-)
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