Does Winsock RCP/RSH/REXEC work with Windows XP Service Pack 2?
Yes, it does, based on our testing. But please note that the Windows Firewall will pop up a window asking you if you want to block or unblock the program the first time you run rsh.exe (or wrsh.exe) or rexec.exe (or wrexec.exe). This is because both the rsh and rexec protocols use two network connections (unless the -c option is used). The first connection is a simple outbound connection and no firewall configuration is needed for this. But the second connection is an inbound connection, connecting from the server back to your PC, and this is affected by the firewall. (This does not apply to the rcp command – rcp only uses one connection.) When this message appears, you can simply click the Unblock button and you will no longer see the message. (If you click the Block button, you will effectively disable rsh or rexec, so you should not do that.) This does not apply if you use our rsh or rexec with the -c option, because the -c option causes rsh and rexec to use only one connection to t
