Re: being hacked via ssh with X11 forwarding?
On Tue, 11 Jan 2000 debuser@platinum.globalmart.com wrote:
> Well, I've talked to the guy that owns that machine, and he assured me
> that he wasn't hacking me, and I believe him. But now the question
> remains, what caused this message? Any possible explanations out there?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Gerry
>
> PS: I'm paranoid about being hacked since another machine on our network
> was hacked via a smail vulnerability.
If you did an
xhost +
on your server he was probably just enjoying the view. He did not have to
hack, you just allowed the world to connect to your X server. He could see
everything you are doing if he wanted to.
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