ssh -X shop problem...

Wolfgang S. Rupprecht wolfgang+gnus200611 at dailyplanet.dontspam.wsrcc.com
Tue Nov 28 01:27:12 UTC 2006


Gordon Messmer <yinyang at eburg.com> writes:
> xhost +localhost

Although one should probably mention that "xhost" could more
descriptively be called:

         allow_keylogging_from +hostname

It basically turns off what little protection X had.  Anyone with an
account at the xhost-ed host can record all the keys you typed from
that point on.

-wolfgang
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