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Security Holes?
Authored by: dmackler on May 05, '03 05:19:06PM

Does this not open the possibility of security holes?

As it stands, I do not know of anyone outside of Apple who may have done a security audit, or know of potential vulnerabilities to leaving this port open.

Did Apple choose to promote this as a LAN's feature because of the potential for copyright abuse? Security, especially relative to windoze machines, may also have played a part in their decision.

At any rate, I am really reluctant to open up my home Mac until I have some confidence that it is safe.

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David



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