From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Feb 1 14:44:47 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id OAA28834 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Mon, 1 Feb 1999 14:44:47 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from WEBBSD1.turnaround.com.au (webbsd1.turnaround.com.au [203.39.138.49]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id OAA28820 for ; Mon, 1 Feb 1999 14:44:42 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from A_Johns@TurnAround.com.au) Received: from TurnAround.com.au (dhcp64.turnaround.com.au [192.168.1.64]) by WEBBSD1.turnaround.com.au (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id JAA27831; Tue, 2 Feb 1999 09:46:34 +1100 (EST) (envelope-from A_Johns@TurnAround.com.au) Message-ID: <36B62E14.C525665C@TurnAround.com.au> Date: Tue, 02 Feb 1999 09:43:32 +1100 From: Andrew Johns Organization: TurnAround Solutions P/L X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.5 [en] (WinNT; I) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Bill Hamilton CC: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: xhost + References: <36AE3DFA.269DDA0C@net.com> <36AE4874.31B85169@finsco.com> <36AF40D9.92E5C787@net.com> <19990127120521.A22560@emu.sourcee.com> <36AF511B.6D39DA86@finsco.com> <19990127125953.A22727@emu.sourcee.com> <36AF5A99.6E41138C@finsco.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG 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? > Only if you're not _actively_ preventing, by using a firewall/filter, people coming down the ISDN link to your box... > > "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 -- Regards Andrew Johns TurnAround Solutions Pty Ltd http://www.turnaround.com.au/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message