On Wed, Jul 27, 2005 at 10:42:47PM +1200, Michael JasonSmith wrote: > If one wanted that, then one would start an X-session on a different > virtual terminal of one's machine. Not that this one can figure out how > to do that, as Fedora has rather strict security that removes the > network from the network-transparent windowing system!
what is wrong with choosing a secure default? if you need networking, turn it on. for those that are not aware about it, it is better turned off. otherwise someone might coax them into running xhost +, turning every access controll off and allowing anyone from remote to access theur desktop. do you want that? with networking turned off, no trick (short of getting them to actually turn networking on) will put the person at risk. isn't that what we want? for a secure default no port should be open, unless the user explicitly requested it. what's with all those complaints about windows shipping with so many services open? greetings, martin. -- cooperative communication with sTeam - caudium, pike, roxen and unix offering: programming, training and administration - anywhere in the world -- pike programmer travelling and working in europe open-steam.org unix system- bahai.or.at iaeste.(tuwien.ac|or).at administrator (caudium|gotpike).org is.schon.org Martin Bähr http://www.iaeste.or.at/~mbaehr/
