XFree has been known to permit to gain root priviledges as it was
supposed to be SetUID root...
with the last update, there is a launcher which permit to leave XFree
server not Suid root so major problems must have gone...
but who can tell ?
-----Message d'origine-----
De: Kuruvilla Chandy [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Date: mardi 29 septembre 1998 06:44
�: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Objet: Is X-Windows a security hole?
Hi,
I have some friends who are setting up a server in their office, they
plan
to run it on RedHat 5.1 and set it up for dial-in capabilities so that
they
can work from home.
They told me that they don't plan to install X-Windows on the server as
they heard that it is a security risk to do so on a dial-in machine, is
this true? Is there no work-around?
thanks,
Ishaaq Chandy
