Wilson, Phil wrote: > The other question to ask is whether this really belongs in the > installation at all. The line between installation and configuration is > sometimes a huge gray area, but this could be seen as application > configuration that doesn't need to be in the installation. > > I've heard suggestion that where ports are concerned it might be better > if the app opens and closes them itself if necessary, which has the > benefit that the ports aren't sitting there open when the app isn't > running.
Speaking with my admin hat on I'd really rather an application/installer did none of these things, and was unable to do so without requesting administrative approval (something I believe vista enforces.. hopefully even when running an MSI). Unfortunately on XP this can be done silently without any confirmation just by the installer running netsh firewall in the background... so it's probably a lost cause. Tony ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
