"m" == martinh <martinh@mailhost.emap.co.uk> writes: m> Anyone else seen this? Netscape 1.1 and higher can be controlled m> remotely. This can be abused in many ways as Netscape can be made to open m> URL's add bookmarks, open local files and save local files without m> informing the user. m> [...] m> The problem is that Netscape relies on X for it's protection, it can m> write files without telling the user, and there are far too many open X m> displays out there. If you're xhosting the world then you've opened yourself up for such a heap of other troubles (keystroke monitoring, etc.) that Netscape might well be the least of your worries.... --Up. -- Jeff Uphoff - systems/network admin. | juphoff@nrao.edu National Radio Astronomy Observatory | juphoff@bofh.org.uk Charlottesville, VA, USA | jeff.uphoff@linux.org PGP key available at: http://www.cv.nrao.edu/~juphoff/