X over the network

[Gordon Messmer]

Doug Stewart wrote:
> Please review the archives of this mailing list.  This topic has been
> discussed ad nauseum.
> 
> To wit:
> http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-list/2003-November/msg04078.html

... People really shouldn't be suggesting that users turn X tcp support 
on without noting that doing so is very insecure.  X runs as the root 
user, and opening a TCP port may make the computer very susceptible to 
exploits.

Unless your machine is on a secure and trusted network, use ssh's X11 
forwarding to run X11 applications remotely.