Re: new-ui and Windows

On 08/08/2017 03:53 PM, Jon Beniston wrote:

> I think using serial_open would be quite handy, as presumably this would
> allow a TCP connection to Eclipse?
> 
> If so, I suspect this would be a lot easier to support in Eclipse, as there
> would be no need for JNI code to interface with Cygwin PTYs or Windows named
> pipes - and it even could be the same Java code for MacOS and Linux too. 
> 
> Do you see any problems with that?

I'd seem wise to me to avoid that direction, because opening a TCP port
means opening a security hole -- ports are not per-user.

Thanks,
Pedro Alves