It is considered a security risk by some people because it gives anyone that can reach the computer on the LAN you can get a remote desktop by guessing username and passwords. It is mostly used fro local connections in a LAN that is behind a firewall and has limited access from the Internet usually by a firewall.
Thanks Marc Aylesworth C3I Associates AFRL/IFSE Joint Battlespace Infosphere Team 525 Brooks Rd Rome, NY 13441-4505 Tel:315.330.2422 Fax:315.330.7009 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Stephen K. Miyasato Sent: Friday, July 29, 2005 3:07 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Hardhats-members] Short cut for connection Windows GUI < >OpenVista Server I know very little about using [x]intetd in Linux and I thought I would ask the Linux specialist(s) here if that may be a security risk or if there are any downside to using this process. Thanks very much for you input. Stephen K. Miyasato Pacific Telehealth and Technology Hui ----- Original Message ----- From: "K.S. Bhaskar" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, July 29, 2005 7:58 AM Subject: Re: [Hardhats-members] Short cut for connection Windows GUI < >OpenVista Server > On Fri, 2005-07-29 at 12:31 -0500, Nancy Anthracite wrote: >> There were instructions posted, but I would encourage you to wait on >> trying to >> implement that as I have been working with this system, we are testing >> it out >> using different machines and finding some tweaking is desireable. As >> soon as >> I can, I will post some instructions that will walk you through it. >> However, >> even if you do that, it has a port specified in advance. >> > I'll wait! > > I understand that the port is specified in advance, but unlike the "pool > of servers" approach, deploying a service under [x]inetd means that you > can have as many servers as needed by the clients that actually connect. > You advertise one port, say, 9200, as the port for CPRS GUI clients to > connect to, and [x]inetd just fires up a new process for each client. > Furthermore, the server processes simply terminate when clients > disconnect, so shutting down becomes simpler. > > -- Bhaskar > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > SF.Net email is sponsored by: Discover Easy Linux Migration Strategies > from IBM. Find simple to follow Roadmaps, straightforward articles, > informative Webcasts and more! Get everything you need to get up to > speed, fast. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=7477&alloc_id=16492&op=click > _______________________________________________ > Hardhats-members mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hardhats-members > ------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is sponsored by: Discover Easy Linux Migration Strategies from IBM. Find simple to follow Roadmaps, straightforward articles, informative Webcasts and more! Get everything you need to get up to speed, fast. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=7477&alloc_id=16492&op=click _______________________________________________ Hardhats-members mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hardhats-members ------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is sponsored by: Discover Easy Linux Migration Strategies from IBM. Find simple to follow Roadmaps, straightforward articles, informative Webcasts and more! Get everything you need to get up to speed, fast. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=7477&alloc_id=16492&op=click _______________________________________________ Hardhats-members mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hardhats-members
