Re: [LIH] Re: Problem connecting to the Internet

[Shridhar Daithankar]

On Tuesday 24 April 2001 15:37, Faisal wrote:
> On Tuesday 24 April 2001 15:20, Jiger Java wrote:
> If i'm right, doing an 'xhost +' is a securtiy risk, since we're opening
> ourselves to anyone who wants to connect to our X server. An 'xhost
> +127.0.0.1' is ok methinks.

X itself has lot of security holes. But heck, they never claimed it bullet 
proof.

Xhost+ 127.x.x.x is definitely acceptable for desktop.

 Shridhar

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