On Tue, 28 Oct 2003 23:38:36 -0800, Anupam Kapoor muttered:
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Andrew Farmer) writes:
> 
> > On Tue, 28 Oct 2003 12:53:27 -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] muttered:
> >> >From the computer you are connecting from run "xhost +
> >> >server_your_connecting_to" as whatever user started X. 
> >
> > No, no, NO!!!
> >
> > Host-based authentication is *bad*.
> >
> > Use ssh -X to do X11 forwarding over SSH. Encryption is *good*.
> and -C for compression, which is even better !!!

Compression is only a Good Thing when you're running over a slow
connection -- if you're running over a fast connection, it'll just slow you
down.

-- 
Andrew Farmer
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