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Dylan16807yesterday at 7:42 PM1 replyview on HN

"allows connections" isn't code execution. An actual example would be really helpful here.


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JackSlateuryesterday at 8:26 PM

In the windows world, you connect to a server using RDP. I thought this would be implied. RDP is a mean to connect to a remote host and, from there, execute code. Hence, code execution.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Remote_Desktop_Protocol

See also this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Remote_Management (different player, same thing)

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