[svlug] Remote X display

[Seth David Schoen]

Mark Willey writes:

> Does anyone have some good advice on how to secure X Windows in general?  I
> know my X is not secure as I allow my own host with xhost.  But what is a
> better way?  I have never seen what looks like a good solution to this.
> Xauth?  Anybody bored and want to give a hand-holding account of how to
> set it up?

If you only use SSH, then almost any imaginable X security concern would be
dealt with.

You should perhaps use "Secure Console" whenever you type a password into
an xterm or xterm clone.

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   Seth David Schoen L&S '01 (undeclared) / schoen at uclink4.berkeley.edu
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