[debian-knoppix] Re: pre-3.1 of 2002-07-04: port 6000 and ethereal

[sen_ml@eccosys.com]

Hi,

From: Klaus Knopper <knopper@linuxtag.org>
Subject: Re: [debian-knoppix] pre-3.1 of 2002-07-04: port 6000 and ethereal
Date: Tue, 9 Jul 2002 07:19:52 +0200

> On Tue, Jul 09, 2002 at 12:53:26PM +0900, sen_ml@eccosys.com wrote:
> > 
> > I was showing someone the preview of 3.1 from 2002-07-04 today and
> > noticed a couple of things:
> > 
> >   1) X seems to be listening on port 6000 -- is there a problem w/
> >      starting X w/ -nolisten tcp?  Or is there some way to get the
> >      existing set up to use -nolisten tcp?
> 
> How can I use Knoppix as Fat Client if you disable remote X11 access?

Good question!

> Remote access should be disabled by default.

Ok.

> You would have to patch the init scripts to use -nolisten tcp

Thanks, may be I will have a look, but perhaps it is unnecessary if
remote access is disabled.

> >   2) The version of ethereal included is 0.9.4 -- I think an updated
> >      version, 0.9.5, which fixes some security problem(s), has been
> >      released.  Will this updated version be included in the release
> >      of 3.1?
> 
> As soon as it hits debian-unstable or testing.

Thanks.

FWIW, I installed 0.9.5-2 for i386 via:

  http://http.us.debian.org/debian/pool/main/e/ethereal/
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