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Use AppleScript and Mail for remote control and file access
Authored by: mbm on May 03, '06 07:55:28AM

Very cool stuff.

I just emailed your mac asking for your keychain file!

;-)

Is this not a fairly serious security threat to your machine?

I still think it's cool though.



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not to worrry...
Authored by: j-beda on May 03, '06 08:11:38AM

His keychain is safe, before you sent your email message, I sent one to get his machine to format the drive...



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Use AppleScript and Mail for remote control and file access
Authored by: mwncimelyn on May 03, '06 08:18:21AM

It would be a big security issue if I was using the tag [*PERFORM*] - which, BTW, no one should use as it has now been published on the internet.

It would make sense to use a nonsense word and change it frequently. Also, like I said in the post, set up the Mail rule to only perform the actions with emails from a specific email address for added security.



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This is very, very dangerous
Authored by: stewby on May 03, '06 09:08:04PM

As someone else pointed out, spoofing the sender is trivial. Using some random word really doesn't add much security either, since mail traffic goes through a lot of machines you have no control over, and is completely unencrypted.

The entire "security" model here is basically just hoping no-one happens to sniff any of the emails you send yourself and getting curious, which is an incredibly dangerous thing to assume.



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As Secure As You Make It
Authored by: fresler on May 03, '06 08:48:06AM

A few years ago, MacAddict ran an article about this kind of remote access. Their article dealt with mainly Entourage, but people had the same concerns about security. Since you can set up as many conditions as you like for the rule, it's as secure as you make it.



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