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ric <btgsch@rmplc.co.uk> wrote:
> Rebecca and Rowland <real-address-in-sig@flurbletigibbet.rhubarb.foobar>
> wrote:
> > Steve Firth <filter@firthcom.demon.co.uk> wrote:
> > > Ben Lovejoy <ben@lovejoy.demon.co.uk> wrote:
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> > > That's one route. Others include exploiting known weaknesses such as
> > > program linking, 
> > 
> > Ah - that phrase!  Could you tell me what program linking is?  I've been
> > trying to find out, and I'm currently clueless.
> > 
> I think it is when you allow a program on your machine to be controlled
> by reomte apple events.

AIUI, kind of, but it's a bit more than that.
['tho it does let you write AppleScripts like:
----
Tell application "MacSOUP" on machine "My Mac" in zone "Ground Floor"
  connect with fetching news and sending
end tell
---]

It's used to allow programs on different machines to communicate
(using the standard file shareing privs). Things like AppleSearch use it
to provide non-file-server server services. (IYSWIM)

Another app I've used that uses it is "teleport"[1] that creates
a window on each Mac running it and allows anything to be dragged
and dropped onto it - the item (text & other media) then automagically
appears on the other Mac - rather usefull if you're lucky enough
to have two macs on your desk.

There is another much more common example, but I can't remember it right
now...

rgds, Alan
[1] from MacHack, ISTR