RE: Servers with X.
This is the default setting for X (no listen)
Petrisor Eddy Marian
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Doug Griswold [mailto:griswld@cio.sc.gov]
> Sent: Tuesday, August 19, 2003 2:43 PM
> To: jwaugh@flowcom.com.au; Thomas.Lamy@netwake.de; rudi@oasis.net.au
> Cc: debian-isp@lists.debian.org
> Subject: RE: Servers with X.
>
> You can use the "-nolisten tcp" in /usr/X11R6/bin/startx in
> defaultserverargs="-nolisten tcp" this should keep X from listening on
> port 6000.
>
> >>> Thomas Lamy <Thomas.Lamy@netwake.de> 08/19/03 01:41AM >>>
> Jeff Waugh wrote:
> >
> > On Tue, 2003-08-19 at 09:28, Rudi Starcevic wrote:
> > > Is it bad practise to use X on your Debian ISP/Hosting machines ?
> > > Here I have 4 boxes all without X. I've always been of the
> > impression
> > > X on servers was not good.
> >
> > It's not a terrible thing to do, unless you forget to
> > correctly firewall
> > your machines. :-)
> >
> > > [...]
> >
> > You don't need to install an X server on the local machine to
> > use it. If
> > you install the tcl app, and ssh to the box using X
> > forwarding (-X), you
> > can display the program on your own local X server.
> >
> > [ desktop ] --> [ firewall ] --> [ db-server ]
> > X server ssh ssh no X server
> >
> > Fully encrypted, secure access to X software on your
> > db-server, without
> > running (or even having) a full X server on the machine. :-)
> >
> But you need at least xbase-clients (and it's dependants) on your
> client
> machine for X authentication and stuff.
>
> Beside this, I was under the impression that the default X config is
> _not_
> to listen on public interfaces or TCP sockets (not sure on this one).
> At
> least KDE's desktop is by default configured this way.
>
> Thomas
>
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