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> THIS PORT CONTAINS KNOWN SECURITY HOLES WHICH ALLOW A REMOTE ATTACKER
> TO EASILY TAKE CONTROL OF YOUR MACHINE

might i suggest a taxonomy of vulnerabilities:
  o vulnerable to remote attack
  o vulnerable to attack by local user
  o vulnetable to email or similarly indirect attack

in a 'closed' environment, one might not be as worried about the latter
two.

randy


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