From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Jan 27 11:12:12 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id LAA26337 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Wed, 27 Jan 1999 11:12:12 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from walnut.readington.com (walnut.readington.com [207.207.198.10]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id LAA26230 for ; Wed, 27 Jan 1999 11:11:53 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from chrismar@readington.com) Received: from localhost (chrismar@localhost) by walnut.readington.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id OAA27067; Wed, 27 Jan 1999 14:24:38 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from chrismar@readington.com) Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1999 14:24:38 -0500 (EST) From: Chris To: Bill Hamilton cc: "Norman C. Rice" , Nesi Unanaowo , freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: xhost + In-Reply-To: <36AF5A99.6E41138C@finsco.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG I think over any type of network it's a security hazzard. Why not just use xhost + hostname or xhost + ip ? That will only grant access from those machines.. C On Wed, 27 Jan 1999, Bill Hamilton wrote: > Thanks for the heads-up. > What if my only network is an ISDN dialup to my ISP and I have > a static IP address. Any worry? > > "Norman C. Rice" wrote: > > > xhost + > > ^^^^^^^ > > Please be aware of the security issues involved with turning access > > control off, which grants *everyone* access to your X server. > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message