Date: Sun, 28 Oct 2001 11:50:47 -0500 (EST) From: Mikhail Teterin <mi@aldan.algebra.com> To: chris@masto.com Cc: kris@obsecurity.org, jmz@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: cvs commit: ports/x11/XFree86-4 Makefile ports/x11/XFree86-4/files patch-startx Message-ID: <200110281650.f9SGoma53558@aldan.algebra.com> In-Reply-To: <20011028111811.A54929@masto.com>
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On 28 Oct, Christopher Masto wrote:
>> >> Log:
>> >> Patch startx so that X is started with the "-nolisten tcp" by
>> >> default and add a "-listen_tcp" option to run X in non-secure
>> >> mode.
[...]
> DISPLAY=localhost:0 is occasionally a convenient hack to work around
> the myriad of broken programs/drivers that cause problems when trying
> to use SHM, DGA, XVideo, etc. and don't have an option to disable
> them.
>
> Not that it has much to do with this change.
Well, localhost:0 means the client will contact the server _over tcp_,
and now the server will not be accepting such connections by default. I
that's plenty to do with this change...
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