[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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