From owner-freebsd-x11@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Nov 16 18:05:21 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 53B3D106566C for ; Tue, 16 Nov 2010 18:05:21 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from v.velox@vvelox.net) Received: from vulpes.vvelox.net (sula-ki.vvelox.net [99.69.115.46]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 062C38FC0C for ; Tue, 16 Nov 2010 18:05:20 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vixen42.vulpes.vvelox.net (unknown [192.168.14.2]) (Authenticated sender: v.velox) by vulpes.vvelox.net (Postfix) with ESMTPA id 6EA7FB88E; Tue, 16 Nov 2010 11:52:06 -0600 (CST) Date: Tue, 16 Nov 2010 11:48:04 -0600 From: "Zane C.B." To: Logan Moore Message-ID: <20101116114804.7c9d63ea@vixen42.vulpes.vvelox.net> In-Reply-To: References: X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.7.6 (GTK+ 2.20.1; amd64-portbld-freebsd8.1) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=PGP-SHA1; boundary="Sig_/HQ6b.3CA4xckX9fEg/yXho1"; protocol="application/pgp-signature" Cc: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Using XOrg on a FreeBSD Server X-BeenThere: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: X11 on FreeBSD -- maintaining and support List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 16 Nov 2010 18:05:21 -0000 --Sig_/HQ6b.3CA4xckX9fEg/yXho1 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Tue, 16 Nov 2010 19:14:35 +1300 Logan Moore wrote: > I'm looking for some advice from some of the pro's here. >=20 > I've set up FreeBSD on one of my servers, and I have a nice 24" > 1920x1200 monitor plugged into it. It seems a shame to be wasting > such a decent monitor on a simple black and white terminal, so I've > been contemplating installing XOrg on the server to get a bit of > extra functionality from the terminals. I'm not thinking KDE or > Gnome... just a simple window manager like one of the *box's or > even just straight up xdm running terminals and maybe some basic > GUI tools like a text editor/file manager. >=20 > Should I be concerned about any security implications from using > XOrg? Are there any reasons why I definitely should avoid > installing XOrg? I would suggest not using any thing graphical as that can make it problematic to use with a IPKVM, which I would suggest using as there is really no good reason in general to leave a monitor plugged into a server. There are not likely to be any security issues, if you don't have it listening on a public interface. --Sig_/HQ6b.3CA4xckX9fEg/yXho1 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=signature.asc -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.16 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAkziw9oACgkQqrJJy0yxYQD5zQCghQ/CnXSTsMoopU6paRdJ7bZy 8w0AniL9pYprMkPoCBByafz2tJu9xPDx =pbGP -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Sig_/HQ6b.3CA4xckX9fEg/yXho1--