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Bug#237021: X11-forwarding not working



Colin Watson wrote:

> There was a change in X forwarding in 3.8 to allow (and default to)
> using an untrusted X cookie. That said, just starting new clients should
> definitely work, and seems to work for me.

*ouch*

Could you add a NEWS item about this issue?  Plenty of clients don't
work in untrusted mode, and it's got all kinds of strange side effects
(e.g. no access to the X selection).

It's certainly a far-reaching change.

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Current mail filters: many dial-up/DSL/cable modem hosts, and the
following domains: atlas.cz, bigpond.com, freenet.de, hotmail.com,
libero.it, netscape.net, postino.it, tiscali.co.uk, tiscali.cz,
tiscali.it, voila.fr, wanadoo.fr, yahoo.com.




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