[H-GEN] remote X

Robert Brockway robert at ralnet.net
Fri Jan 7 21:35:15 EST 2000


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Ben Carlyle <benc at foxboro.com.au> wrote:
: [ Humbug *General* list - semi-serious discussions about Humbug and ]
: [ Unix-related topics.  Please observe the list's charter.          ]

: to give access to all machines everywhere to your display.
: This is just about the worst thing you can possibly do to yourself,
: and should always be accompanied by rules in the /etc/hosts.* files
: to keep the baddies out.  Once your display is open to a malevolent

Actually tcp wrappers aren't going to do anything to stop X connects so if
you are doing an xhost + better to have a suitable firewall int he
way to stop the baddies.

Better to use MIT magic cookies (xauth) or ssh as you mentioned :)
Cheers,
	-Rob

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