How to enable vino?

Rodolfo J. Paiz rpaiz at simpaticus.com
Tue Oct 19 15:50:52 UTC 2004


On Tue, 2004-10-19 at 00:30 -0400, Jeff Spaleta wrote:
> No... no it shouldnt. Just like starting up something like a p2p
> client shouldnt automatically punch a hole. No way should any end-user
> application like vino have rights to punch a hole in the firewall
> without sysadmin authorization. No way, no how. Even on a single user
> system...no way. Opening up the firewall should be a delibrate act and
> not something that is automated behind the scenes. If you want to
> argue that system-config-securitylevel needs should have a pre-defined
> entry for vino, that i can get behind.
> 

I agree entirely with you. Punching holes in the firewall is something
that no application should ever do.

May I ask then, why I was recently told that ntpd does it? Or is my
information mistaken?

Cheers,

-- 
Rodolfo J. Paiz <rpaiz at simpaticus.com>
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