> On Mon, 30 Mar 1998, Tomi Manninen wrote:
>
> > There is no separate "can use but can't see" -flag in node.perms.
>
> But I think it should be. Like in Flexnet. On my system
> I have 2 ports used only for rxecho between them. They
> exists only for my internal testing from time to time.
> I wan't to hide this ports, but it is impossible. In
> future versions of ax25-utils, this feature should be
> implemented IMHO.
So if you want to experiment, give yourself the right to use it. And hide
it from others. Thats what I do. I really don't see any point in hiding a
port from someone who knows it is there. And I don't see much point in
just hiding a port without also preventing its use either. It certainly
isn't giving any security...
However I have thought about implementing sort of "setuid aliases" that
would, when enabled, give a non-privileged user right to use a hidden
port, but only when called with the alias command in question.
-- ---Tomi Manninen / dqaffhdf.eybjh@uni-magdeburg.de / OH2BNS @ OH2RBI.FIN.EU---