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On Wed, 17 Apr 1996, Thomas J Balfe wrote:

> Is it safer to run xdmcp or rexecd? I want to have some of my 
> machintoshes have access to a machine of mine for X. I am assuming that 
> rsh is the wrong way to go about it. 
Im assuming you want the macs to use the X programs on your X box on your 
macs. like xhost.
If so just use SSH with X11 forwarding on.
That will create a secure tunnel that all your X proggies will go thru.
It is the safest way i know of to do it.





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