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authorstanton <stanton>1999-04-16 01:51:06 (GMT)
committerstanton <stanton>1999-04-16 01:51:06 (GMT)
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'\" See the file "license.terms" for information on usage and redistribution
'\" of this file, and for a DISCLAIMER OF ALL WARRANTIES.
'\"
-'\" RCS: @(#) $Id: send.n,v 1.2 1998/09/14 18:23:00 stanton Exp $
+'\" RCS: @(#) $Id: send.n,v 1.3 1999/04/16 01:51:09 stanton Exp $
'\"
.so man.macros
.TH send n 4.0 Tk "Tk Built-In Commands"
@@ -70,8 +70,8 @@ command.
.SH SECURITY
.PP
-The \fBsend\fR command is potentially a serious security loophole,
-since any application that can connect to your X server can send
+The \fBsend\fR command is potentially a serious security loophole. On Unix,
+any application that can connect to your X server can send
scripts to your applications.
These incoming scripts can use Tcl to read and
write your files and invoke subprocesses under your name.
@@ -87,6 +87,11 @@ list of enabled hosts is empty.
This means that applications cannot connect to your server unless
they use some other form of authorization
such as that provide by \fBxauth\fR.
-
+.VS
+Under Windows, \fBsend\fR is currently disabled. Most of the
+functionality is provided by the \fBdde\fR command instead.
+.VE
.SH KEYWORDS
-application, name, remote execution, security, send
+.VS
+application, dde, name, remote execution, security, send
+.VE