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Article #469Re: Preferences - UNIX setup
From: David L. Allabaugh, Jr.
Date: Tue, 28 Jul 1992 01:33
Date: Tue, 28 Jul 1992 01:33
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In article <1992Jul27.213926.7386@pencom.com> alex@laos (Alex D. Nghiem) writes: > Public Sound Server -- allows/prohibits others from sending sounds over the > network to your speaker > + allows you to create "haunted house effect" (hey, where's the music coming > from?) > - I don't know of any Setting yourself to be a Public Sound Server also allows the microphone on the machine you are using to be accessed by someone else. This can (yes I've seen it done) be used to listen to the environment around a machine without the knowlege of the person on that machine. That is a definite security risk. Would you want all of what was said in your office to be heard by person X on your local network? If not, then don't set yourself to be a public sound server. Dave Allabaugh Asst. Unix Mgr. Rose-Hulman Inst. Tech.
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!dtix!darwin.sura.net!mips!sdd.hp.com!caen!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!usenet.ucs.indiana.edu!newshost.cs.rose-hulman.edu!news From: mgrdla@NeXTwork.Rose-Hulman.Edu (David L. Allabaugh, Jr.) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.misc Subject: Re: Preferences - UNIX setup Message-ID: <1992Jul28.013310.8328@cs.rose-hulman.edu> Date: 28 Jul 92 01:33:10 GMT References: <1992Jul27.213926.7386@pencom.com> Sender: news@cs.rose-hulman.edu (The News Administrator) Organization: Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology Lines: 20 Nntp-Posting-Host: cornflower.nextwork.rose-hulman.edu