[sldev] Tip of the iceberg...

[Ann Otoole]

Very incorrect assumption Dante. 
Shoutcast and video streams are not normally hosted on your local computer.
Therefore your assumption people are desensitized to allowing direct connections to their computer is wrong.

Proxy remains a viable concern. 

However, it is optional isn't it? 
If you want to grant VNC access, to your computer, to endless anonymous Second Life accounts then go for it.  
:D


Perhaps you don't need to grant VNC access to everyone in order to have your desktop available in Second Life for your personal use.
Plenty of use cases out there.

Allowing direct connections to your computer will likely land the option on numerous security watch lists that
cause corporations to forbid access to Second Life. 
Therefore Linden Lab needs to be quite explicit with their communications about this interesting feature. It is optional. And needs to be clearly stated in that context in every discussion.
Same applies to ActiveX plugins which are potentially worse than VNC.



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From: Dante Tucker <danteferret at gmail.com>
To: Dale Mahalko <dmahalko at gmail.com>
Cc: Second Life Developer Mailing List <sldev at lists.secondlife.com>
Sent: Friday, September 4, 2009 11:54:55 AM
Subject: Re: [sldev] Tip of the iceberg...




On Fri, Sep 4, 2009 at 11:37 AM, Dale Mahalko <dmahalko at gmail.com> wrote:

 
>Oh but we can't do that. That exposes the private network address of remote connectors to the person running the plug-in host. We need to have LL proxy the plug-in stream, to hide the addresses of other people from other people.
> 
That's not true at all. Current streaming audio is not through a proxy, it is a direct connection.

The fact that audio streams are in use on almost every parcel in SL clearly shows that people generaly do not have an issue with exposing there address. So I don't see how you are making it an issue here.



      
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