I note on the sounder ML that someone (apparently) enabled Remote Desktop and forgot about it, and someone else attempted to gain access to their computer while they were using it: https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/sounder/2007-March/010122.html
Now, what concerns me is that once you enable Remote Desktop there is no Notification Area icon indicating that its active and so it can easily be forgotten about. Considering the problem further, this is not just a problem of Remote Desktop, but rather, how would the average user know if some program they installed was listening on ports? (I suppose if they went to Network Tools and port scanned their IP that would work, but that's not 'at a glance' :) Is there a program that makes a Notification Area icon to indicate if there are non-stealthed ports? This would be helpful as it would not be invoked during average usage and so would be a clear indicator that something was different. CK -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss
