Re: [xwt-users]Security, connection to servers

On Fri, Jul 11, 2003 at 01:42:16PM -0000, Charles Goodwin wrote:

> >  If your application is coming from the intranet (10.*
> > and 192.*) I don't see why it couldn't connect to
> > another intranet address. I realize why an internet
> > application should be limited to the internet.
> 
> I think that the logic is something along the lines of... if one of your
> intranet machines is comrpomised, somebody could then plant an xwar on
> your intranet and everything xmlrpc is comrpomised.

Why should an intranet machine be more susceptible to compromise? And
why should everything xmlrpc be compromised? Those services ought to be
protected anyway.

> By the way, in the interests of list coureousy, could people please only
> keep the quotes in their emails that are needed to keep context and
> illustrate a point?  It's not difficult to delete everything but the bits
> you want.  That last email from Eric was 6 emails deep in some parts > > >

+1.

-- 
Emiliano