On Wed, 19 Nov 2003, Christian G�bel wrote:

> Whatever I type in xterm within X my network-monitor shows me
> extensive nettwork traffic (outgoing and ingoing) after every
> single letter I type.
> Is this something to worry about?
> 
> Can anybody explain me why the use of  Cygwin-XFree86 causes
> network traffic whatever I type in xterm? Are there any security issues?

X11 uses TCP as transportprotocol and therefore causes network traffic.

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