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@@ -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. '\" -'\" SCCS: @(#) send.n 1.18 96/08/27 13:21:47 +'\" SCCS: @(#) send.n 1.19 97/07/07 16:53:29 '\" .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 +87,15 @@ 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, any application running on the current machine can send +Dynamic Data Exchange (DDE) commands which could read and write files and start +processes. Only the local machine can connect, however, so there are +no restrictions on which processes can connect. The \fBsend\fR command +uses DDE as its transport, and a \fBdde\fR command has been added to +Tk 8.0. +.VE .SH KEYWORDS -application, name, remote execution, security, send +.VS +application, dde, name, remote execution, security, send +.VE |