On Tue, 22 Oct 2002, A.Melon wrote:

> How does one disable tcp access on ports at or about 32768?
> When I start X with startx, this port doesn't seem to be used,
> and the -nolisten tcp option makes sure that port 6000 isn't
> used either. However, when I use xdm, the -nolisten tcp option
> still turns off port 6000, but a netstat -ap shows that xsm is
> listening on port 32768 (or 32769, or something similar).  I
> have DisplayManager.requestPort 0 in xdm-config, but it doesn't
> seem to work.  I can't find anything in the xdm or xsm
> documentation that speaks to this - everything I have found
> suggests that -nolisten tcp ought to turn off remote access,
> and it does turn off port 6000, but not port 32768.  I don't
> really want these ports turned on until I fully understand the
> security implications.
> 
> A.

We heard you the first three times.  You are now spamming the list with 
your repeated demand for information.  Please don't.

Oisin Feeley

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