<div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Jun 3, 2011 at 10:16, Bilal Akhtar <<a href="mailto:bilalakhtar@ubuntu.com">bilalakhtar@ubuntu.com</a>> wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;"> <div><div class="h5">Hi I originally posted this message as [Bug 790009] on Launchpad. It was suggested that this list is a better place for the suggestion. ------ Having "remote desktop" as an option in the default installation creates a security risk. It invites new users to enable it, not understanding the security implications. They then end up with unwanted connections to their machine. A quick look around the "security discussions" forum on ubuntuforums shows that this happens quite frequently. I propose that it should be removed from the LiveCD. If a remote connection program is needed, then something that*requires* SSH tunnelling could be provided. -- Jane Atkinson (Irihapeti) </div></div> -- ubuntu-devel mailing list <a href="mailto:ubuntu-devel@lists.ubuntu.com">ubuntu-devel@lists.ubuntu.com</a> Modify settings or unsubscribe at: <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel" target="_blank">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel</a> </blockquote></div> <meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8">Removing sounds like a fairly heavy footed approach. If the UI to enable it isn't informative enough to explain the security implications, perhaps that UI should just be improved instead. -- Mario Limonciello <a href="mailto:superm1@gmail.com" target="_blank">superm1@gmail.com</a>