Re: [9fans] 'wall' messages

[Jim Choate <ravage@einstein.ssz.com>]

On Tue, 7 Oct 2003, Joel Salomon wrote:

> VNC might have been a better example - it doesn't appear to provide
> *anything* but the keyboard/mouse/screen

I'm not sure I follow your exact point here, so I'll respond to what I
think you mean...

But processes don't run on the VNC console so this example is actualy
moot. So if you could write to that display on that box the fact its
exported by VNC would not be an issue. If it did then VNC would be capable
of -modifying- the bit stream, not just creating a copy and sending it
elsewhere, and that should be a no no. It's on somebody elses hardware
and generaly trying to impose your views there is a Bad Thing (TM)
without their consent.

The rc and rio processes would still be running on the server, not the VNC
console. And that is where you want to write the wall to. The VNC will
pick it up as part of its normal operations.


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