[slime-devel] Re: Slime vs Maxima's nregex

[GP lisper]

On Mon, 6 Jun 2005 11:28:39 -0700 (PDT), <smustudent1 at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> Also, a (minor) security question - since remote connections to swank
> are possible (and potentially very useful!) is there some kind of
> password protection and encryption that can be enabled for non-local
> hookups?  emacs being emacs, if a user attacks a swank port they
> essentially could use emacs to do virtually anything your local
> security permits.  Or am I missing something?

Shouldn't you expect the user to handle this issue?

For instance, suppose I run completely behind a secure firewall, then
your additional passwording, etc is merely annoying at best.  SSH has
offered means to tunnel selected ports for years, and there are other
tools nowdays.  This is not a can of worms that SLIME needs to open.


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