From owner-freebsd-ports Fri Oct 26 11:30:17 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.21]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 44ABC37B401; Fri, 26 Oct 2001 11:30:15 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from jmz@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.11.4/8.11.4) id f9QIUFa44037; Fri, 26 Oct 2001 11:30:15 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jmz) Date: Fri, 26 Oct 2001 11:30:15 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <200110261830.f9QIUFa44037@freefall.freebsd.org> From: Jean-Marc Zucconi To: Jochem Kossen Cc: ports@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: x11/XFree86-4: patch to make XFree86-4 a _little_ bit more secure In-Reply-To: <20011026155354.A44808@jochem.dyndns.org> References: <20011026155354.A44808@jochem.dyndns.org> X-Mailer: Emacs 21.1.2 Sender: owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org >>>>> Jochem Kossen writes: > Hi there, > I always hate the fact that when i start X, port 6000 is listening. > Attached file patches startx to use X with the '-nolisten tcp' option. > My idea behind this is that most people who use X don't need the network > options of it, those who do, are wise enough to change it in `which > startx`... > Secure by default? :) But then you have to edit and change the script if you want a non-secure operation mode. You should add a startx option for starting in non-secure mode. And don't forget the patch for the documentation change in the man page! :-) Jean-Marc -- Jean-Marc Zucconi -- PGP Key: finger jmz@FreeBSD.org [KeyID: 400B38E9] To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message