Date: Thu, 18 Apr 1996 10:14:56 +0100 (BST) From: Chris Stenton <jacs@gnome.co.uk> To: Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Cc: freebsd-security@freebsd.org, tbalfe@tioga.com Subject: Re: X Message-ID: <jacs-9603180914.AA00011475@hawk.gnome.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <199604172323.IAA10788@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au>
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Michael Smith says: >> >> Thomas J Balfe stands accused of saying: >> > >> > 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. >> >> Correct. xdmcp is good. >> If you need to up the level of security you can use DES authentication (via xdmcp) with the -cookie option on your X server. However, you will need to recompile your X world under FreeBSD as the standard X binary release does not support it. Chris
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