From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 405 invoked by alias); 29 Aug 2004 01:43:00 -0000 Mailing-List: contact xconq7-help@sources.redhat.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: xconq7-owner@sources.redhat.com Received: (qmail 396 invoked from network); 29 Aug 2004 01:43:00 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO smtp810.mail.sc5.yahoo.com) (66.163.170.80) by sourceware.org with SMTP; 29 Aug 2004 01:43:00 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO ?192.168.1.101?) (sampln@sbcglobal.net@64.175.249.131 with plain) by smtp810.mail.sc5.yahoo.com with SMTP; 29 Aug 2004 01:42:59 -0000 Subject: Re: Net Game Showstopper From: Lincoln Peters To: Robert Goulding Cc: Xconq list In-Reply-To: <001501c48d62$dc7cbbd0$feb3fea9@blackbox> References: <200408282002.i7SK2Yif017125@outbound1.mail.tds.net> <001501c48d62$dc7cbbd0$feb3fea9@blackbox> Content-Type: text/plain Message-Id: <1093743905.4363.1204.camel@localhost> Mime-Version: 1.0 Date: Sun, 29 Aug 2004 01:57:00 -0000 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-SW-Source: 2004/txt/msg01067.txt.bz2 On Sat, 2004-08-28 at 17:55, Robert Goulding wrote: > Dear all: Sorry to be a party-pooper (though it seems it can only be a > 2-person party anyway...) but something's come up tonight and I can't make > it. I would love to try some other time, though. > > Here's a question. If I were to send an email to the list saying that I'm > starting up a game, and for anyone who happens to be at their computers and > interested in joining, here is my IP address - is that at all a security > risk for me? If not, I'll give it a try some time during the week. It depends on what's running on your computer. It is (theoretically) perfectly safe if you can ensure that no servers of any kind (other than Xconq) are running on your computer. If any other kinds of servers are running, it could be a security risk, depending on the security of the server(s) in question. --- Lincoln Peters Westheimer's Discovery: A couple of months in the laboratory can frequently save a couple of hours in the library.