[3979] in RedHat Linux List
Re: xdm
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Joerg Mertin)
Mon Nov 11 21:43:49 1996
From: smurphy@stardust.bln.sub.org (Joerg Mertin)
To: redhat-list@redhat.com
Date: Mon, 11 Nov 1996 08:18:34 +0100 (MET)
Reply-To: smurphy@antares.zrz.TU-Berlin.DE
In-Reply-To: <199611101635.LAA23996@redhat.com> from Wierdl Mate at "Nov 10, 96 10:36:16 am"
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According to Wierdl Mate:
>
>
> smurphy@stardust.bln.sub.org said:
> > > xhost moni
> > > xhost zebra
> > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^Hmmm... Big Security Breach.
> > Why not Create a .Xauthority file in $HOME ??? I use the following
> > Script for this. Each new X-Session uses it:
>
> This is a problem even if moni is my machine's name?
> Where do I read about why this is a `Big Security Breach'?
Yup. Anyone logged onto one of the Maschines you inserted into the
xhost statement will be allowed to grab your screen, to send you pics
onto it. In fact, he's also able to kill your X-Apps using xkill. This
is why I'm doing all this using the -auth statement.
cu
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