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Conference turris::digital_unix

Title:DIGITAL UNIX(FORMERLY KNOWN AS DEC OSF/1)
Notice:Welcome to the Digital UNIX Conference
Moderator:SMURF::DENHAM
Created:Thu Mar 16 1995
Last Modified:Fri Jun 06 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:10068
Total number of notes:35879

8970.0. "X11 Security" by SNOFS1::IPSSG_FL () Wed Feb 26 1997 08:16

    
    The following questions have been asked from the topic 3079 but I don't
    mind to ask again.
    
    How can we prevent our Workstation X11 server from being attacked or
    connected from the network ??  I can think of,
    
    1) Make sure the file /etc/X*.hosts does not exist or only
    contain local hostname.
    
    2) Make sure the file .Xauthority contains local hostname.
    
    Is there anyway to start the X11 server on port other than 6000 ?? Can
    we do something on the script /sbin/init.d/xlogin ??
    
    From the topic 3079.3, someone was suggesting to write a program to
    occupy the port 6000 before to start xlogin.  I would appreciate if
    someone has done this and send me the source.
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