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Added a security warning regarding SVDRP to the INSTALL file

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Klaus Schmidinger 2000-09-17 21:10:57 +02:00
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@ -199,3 +199,4 @@ Video Disk Recorder Revision History
slashes, the recording file names have been damaged. Trailing slashes are slashes, the recording file names have been damaged. Trailing slashes are
now silently removed. now silently removed.
- Fixed a buffer overflow in EIT parsing. - Fixed a buffer overflow in EIT parsing.
- Added a security warning regarding SVDRP to the INSTALL file.

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@ -52,6 +52,11 @@ port ("Simple Video Disk Recorder Protocol"). By default, it listens
on port 2001 (use the --port=PORT option to change this). For details on port 2001 (use the --port=PORT option to change this). For details
about the SVDRP syntax see the source file 'svdrp.c'. about the SVDRP syntax see the source file 'svdrp.c'.
WARNING: DUE TO THE OPEN SVDRP PORT THIS PROGRAM MAY CONSTITUTE A
======= POTENTIAL SECURITY HAZARD! IF YOU ARE NOT RUNNING VDR IN
A CONTROLLED ENVIRONMENT, YOU MAY WANT TO DISABLE SVDRP
BY USING '--port=0'!
If the program shall run as a daemon, use the --daemon option. This If the program shall run as a daemon, use the --daemon option. This
will completely detach it from the terminal and will continue as a will completely detach it from the terminal and will continue as a
background process. background process.