> Just because this is a wider problem doesn't mean that UO 
> shouldn't be called on it.

So how would you go about it?

UO is a tool for developers. As such, it's strength is that it is able to do
anything a developer needs it to do. 

It is clean client/server middleware and so it can't launch a menu system or
anything else that requires interaction at the server. 

So how can it tell the difference between a legitimate connection from a
controlled application, and an illegitimate connection from e.g. a piece of
VBScript hacked into notepad?

The only way is to add a new security layer to the server. And if you insist
on that there are a lot of applications out there that will simply stop
running. Witness how many UniVerse sites have jumped to convert their old
accounts into SQL schema with proper permissions and constraints. (I haven't
seen any).

So a hole it may be, but I guess we're stuck with it.

Brian
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