Date: Tue, 16 Nov 2010 11:48:04 -0600 From: "Zane C.B." <v.velox@vvelox.net> To: Logan Moore <logan@xentac.com> Cc: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Using XOrg on a FreeBSD Server Message-ID: <20101116114804.7c9d63ea@vixen42.vulpes.vvelox.net> In-Reply-To: <AANLkTikJPBv4%2BxQ80R_cfE6i7o0dRKnP7Wm4-Ojwij_j@mail.gmail.com> References: <AANLkTikJPBv4%2BxQ80R_cfE6i7o0dRKnP7Wm4-Ojwij_j@mail.gmail.com>
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--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 <logan@xentac.com> 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--
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