Date: Fri, 10 Jul 1998 20:36:51 -0300 (ADT) From: 026809r@dragon.acadiau.ca (Michael Richards) To: jehamby@manta.jpl.nasa.gov (Jake Hamby) Cc: security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: RootRunner (admin GUI w/o security holes?) Message-ID: <199807102336.UAA08298@dragon.acadiau.ca> In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.3.96.980710141343.3715A-100000@manta> from "Jake Hamby" at Jul 10, 98 02:14:46 pm
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> Anyway, in order to administer a UNIX system, you typically need root > privileges. Yet it's a Bad Idea to run X as root. Looking at other GUI > admin tools, I've seen two basic approaches. First, many require the user Why not just use ssh to forward your root x connections via an encrypted connection. All of your problems go away. You are even secure from network sniffers because the entire data stream is encrypted. -Mike To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe security" in the body of the message
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