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Diffstat (limited to 'doc/send.n')
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1 files changed, 10 insertions, 5 deletions
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ '\" 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 |