On Thu, Apr 13, 2006 at 10:55:31AM -0700, Gregory K. Ruiz-Ade wrote: > On Apr 12, 2006, at 8:46 PM, Andrew Lentvorski wrote: > > >The primary issue is that any application that has access to the > >screen has *complete* access to the screen. Any application can > >log your keys, looks at your forms, scrape your windows, etc. > > > >This is fundamental at the architectural level and simply cannot be > >fixed with Windows as it exists. > > Much like X11, except X11 allows applications to connect to your > screen from anywhere on the internet, if you're not careful. > > Any X11 app can listen to input devices. > > Gregory >
Hmm ... my ignorance showing ... I thought xhost was needed to open up attachments either by IP addr/range or indiscriminately. -- Lan Barnes [EMAIL PROTECTED] Linux Guy, SCM Specialist 858-354-0616 Tcl/Tk Enthusiast -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
