[olug] inet

[Mike Hostetler]

On Thu, Aug 31, 2000 at 05:18:54PM -0500, Tim Russell wrote:
> Argh - the command is indeed "xhost +", but you'd better make sure your X is
> firewalled off the net before you do it, because it'll let anyone connect,
> including to snoop on stuff.  Actually your X ports (6000-6010 or so) should
> be firewalled in any case.
> 
<snip>
A more secure way is "xhost +127.0.0.1". That will only allow
x-connections from your local machine.

- mikeh

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