[Security] Nearly had heart attack ! :-O

[Vincent Trouilliez]

Dennis Kaarsemaker <dennis at ubuntu.com> wrote:
> On wo, 2007-03-14 at 18:23 +0100, Vincent Trouilliez wrote:
> > I noticed in the notification area, an icon that popped up saying that
> > a remote machine connected to me, what the F..., where does that
> > come from, am I being attacked, on LINUX !? 
> 
> System -> preferences -> remote desktop

Yeah sure, that's where I rushed, as soon as I had pulled the networked
cable,to check the settings ! :-O

> It's disabled by default though :)

Hu ?! Really ? I am glad to hear that :o)
However on my box it was all wide opened.
Hmm, it's probably because I use a separate /home partition, even on
when testing the development versions of Ubuntu. I must have played
with that functionality just once, years ago, had forgotten about it,
but Gconf didn't forget ! ;-)
I am glad to hear it's secure by default then, phew.

--
Vince