> So far I'm quietly watching the progress of topics like this > in this discussion list as well as several other discussion > forums and what I read is frightening, which to me states > that Microsoft is right regarding automatically turning on > the firewall on XP's service pack 2. What I don't agree
[snip] > It is not a good idea for any application program to control > the port forwarding rules on ANY firewall. If this was the > case then a virus could land on the computer and configure > the firewall itself to allow hackers to communicate with it. According to the Windows Firewall API specification, what you describe as "not a good idea" is exactly what Microsoft *are* allowing applications to do. Any program run by an Administrator of a Windows XP machine can just add itself to the exceptions list of the firewall and open up whatever ports it likes. Wez @ RealVNC Ltd. _______________________________________________ VNC-List mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
