[3773] in RedHat Linux List
Re: security and xhost
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Elliot Lee)
Sun Nov 10 18:19:46 1996
Date: Sun, 10 Nov 1996 18:03:03 -0500 (EST)
From: Elliot Lee <sopwith@cuc.edu>
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In-Reply-To: <199611102131.QAA11906@redhat.com>
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On Sun, 10 Nov 1996, Wierdl Mate wrote:
> Suppose I have the lines
> xhost moni
> xhost zebra
> in my ~/.xsession, and moni is my machine, and zebra is my friend's,
> and no other users use these machines. Is this a security problem?
If someone else can make their computer pretend to be moni or zebra, it
might be. For a discussion of the various issues of security, visit any
decent UNIX security site.
-- Elliot
A: "Talk about stupidity!"
B: "Who, you?"
A: "No, me!"
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