Re: make gnome listen on localhost:*

From: Chris Evans <chris ferret lmh ox ac uk>
To: "Brandon S. Allbery KF8NH" <allbery ece cmu edu>
Cc: Jim Gettys <jg pa dec com>, Derek Simkowiak <dereks kd-dev com>,Wandered Inn <esoteric denali atlnet com>, gnome-list gnome org
Subject: Re: make gnome listen on localhost:*
Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2000 13:53:02 +0100 (BST)

On Thu, 15 Jun 2000, Brandon S. Allbery KF8NH wrote:

> When ORBit has passed a third party security audit, you can enable TCP by 
> default.  Until then, it's just begging for trouble.

Even after auditing, I'd leave it off. Audits miss things. New versions
introduce new bugs.

I like the solution of an on/off switch in the control panel. Default to
off and be done with it.

The only excuse for default to on would be: severe desktop breakage for
the average user if we defaulted to off. That's just not the case at the
moment

Chris

References:
- Re: make gnome listen on localhost:*
  - From: Brandon S. Allbery KF8NH

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