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[vdr] Re: Programm VDR over Web
>The autentisation is always a problem of the service
>which opens the port.
So thought i (although a firewall is a good idea anyway).
>If VDR opens a port to the internet: It's his problem
>to authenticate, not the systems.
>
> I don't know how the "system" should authenticate if
> no "logind" etc. is involved at all.
vdr would need permanent suid-root (at least for the authentication
child process), which could then use the systems login procedures.
> Bind the VDR port explicit to "localhost" (127.0.0.1) or
AFAIK, IP-sources can easily be faked - that's not secure :-(
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