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Re: Sending commands between Linux and Windows

Subject: Re: Sending commands between Linux and Windows
From: "Bill Kearney" <wkearney99@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 11 May 2006 15:36:09 -0400
Newsgroups: comp.home.automation
References: <fiB7g.2745$fb2.1596@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> <6JadnXOSnPiMV_zZnZ2dnUVZ_vqdnZ2d@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> <NZk8g.15147$Lm5.8188@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

> Well, all this is my internal LAN: my Linux server is 10 feet from my PC,
so
> security is not an issue.  If cygwin has rexec and rexecd, that'd probably
> be the sweetest way to go.

The r utilities are notoriously insecure.  If/when you ever have anything
from the outside world connected (wifi, router, etc) you're asking for
trouble.  It's easy enough to use ssh so why set yourself up for the
eventual security risks?

References:
- Sending commands between Linux and Windows
  - From: Renoir
- Re: Sending commands between Linux and Windows
  - From: Bill Kearney
- Re: Sending commands between Linux and Windows
  - From: Renoir

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