Re: [uml-user] mozilla-firefox on UML

[roland <for...@gm...>]

> using the host's IP. In this case, you will need to edit the display
> manager's (gdm/kdm/xdm) init files and remove "-nolisten tcp" from the
> file and restart the display manager.
.....and are unsecure again if your PC is reachable from the internet.
(An "accidental" xhost+ and an remote attacker easily can read all your keystrokes, exploit your Xserver or whatever!)
I think ssh -X is the preferred method for access - the distro`s folks (who did this "hardening") would probably recommend this,
too.

Roland




I think what X-developers or Distro-Fol
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ron Lawrence" <ron...@ne...>
To: "Jimmy Pan" <jp...@1s...>
Cc: <use...@li...>
Sent: Thursday, October 14, 2004 10:41 PM
Subject: Re: [uml-user] mozilla-firefox on UML


> Jimmy Pan wrote:
>
> > Hi, in my understanding, the X server for the UML should be the host
> > machine, right?
> > so i typed $ xhost +   on my host computer, then...
> >
> X does not always listen on the TCP port for security reasons. If you
> are running debian, for example, the X server on your host is not
> listening on TCP, and you will not be able to get the UML to display by
> using the host's IP. In this case, you will need to edit the display
> manager's (gdm/kdm/xdm) init files and remove "-nolisten tcp" from the
> file and restart the display manager.
>
> Ron
>
>
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