On Fri, Apr 23, 2004 at 11:30:22AM +0200, Uwe Brauer wrote: > On 23 Apr 2004, fluch@rock.it.helsinki.fi wrote: > > > On Fri, 23 Apr 2004, Uwe Brauer wrote: > > > >> On 22 Apr 2004, Howland@priss.com wrote: > >> > >> However I wonder, why does xhost + 127.0.0.1:0.0 not work anymore, > >> if there is a change in the default behavior where has it been > >> announced. > > > > Debian configured the X such that it doesn't listen to any TCP > > connection by default for security reason. > > > > - Martin > well, it worked in woody. My question remains where has it been > announced. > > Security: now in order to use an X-application which I can use only as > another user, I have to do > xhost + > Which is surely *very* insecure!!! Nonesense, please read Martin's answer more carefully. > As a matter of fact I don't like it at all. > So is there any way to reactivate the old (woody) configuration which > is for _this_ purpose more *secure* Same nonsense. Since this is not a laptop issue, I won't go into detail here. Regards . Siggy
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