On Mon, 29 Oct 2001, Shridhar Daithankar wrote:

 |Uh.. IIRC there is option to startx where you can ask X not to listen
 |on TCP/IP.  I tried but it still listens. I hate to see any output on
 |'netstat -l -t -p'.
 |
 |  Any idea how to really turn it off? Don't tell me iptables/ipchains.

That's the only solution I've seen implemented in a lot of organisations
and universities.

 |I know that but I guess X should be civilised enough to honour what
 |it's owner tells him.

Well as long as you have "xhost -" as your default X is *civilised* enough
to *rudely* refuse incoming connections... you need to be happy for
that...  HP-UX and stuff come with "xhost +" as default... allowing
anyone anywhere in the world to listen in on your keystrokes!! It's one of
the easiest ways to get someones root password!

Kingsly


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