| Why would it be a bad idea to open, say, 5801 to the internet? That's | all I would need to open. I have realVNC running a mini http server | that pops up a java applet to run vnc. This is nice because then I can | run the remote desktop from anywhere that has a web browser with java. Because VNC sends every keystroke in plain text. This is generally a really bad idea. :) | RH8 has a little program they call "Public file server" which, when you | go to http://yourip:8001/, opens a html file directory. It displays the | contents of a specific public file server folder that you specify. Are | there any inherent risks to this? Just exposing your files to the general public. I mean, if you want the world to read your e-mail, every document you ever wrote, etc. sure, leave it running. This soulds like a feature in RH that's just begging for an exploit. :-/ Andrew S. Zbikowski | http://www.ringworld.org "The irony is that Bill Gates claims to be making a stable operating system and Linus Torvalds claims to be trying to take over the world." -- Kernel Panic: I have no root and I want to scream. _______________________________________________ Twin Cities Linux Users Group Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list