Re: X Windows security
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"Sherman, Michael (GE Energy)" <michael.sherman@og.ge.com> writes:
> I have a quick question. I know that a machine is much less secure when X
> Windows is running. Does it apply in the same way when X stuff is installed,
> but the desktop is not actually running?
A machine isn't necissarily less secure just because it runs X. If
you run it as a network service, then you could have some problems.
> How secure are vncserver sessions and X over ssh?
As secure as SSH is. I would suggest X if you're in an X environment
(it's faster and uses less bandwidth), VNC if you're in some backwater
environment that doesn't have X.
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