[12154] in bugtraq
Re: MicroImages MIX X Server
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Paul McGovern)
Wed Oct 6 16:47:32 1999
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Date: Tue, 5 Oct 1999 14:34:05 -0400
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From: Paul McGovern <isles@SEVENDUST.ORG>
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On Mon, 4 Oct 1999, Jan Szumiec wrote:
| It is possible to bring down the XServer remotely ...
No it isn't. I got the same results on my machine, except the server isn't
crashing. It is simply rejecting bogus input on the port and continuing on
its merry way, apparently no harm done to any aspect of the system.
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