Re: [Plug] Trouble starting X remotely - VNC solution

[Kyle Burton <mortis@voicenet.com>]

> Do you mean that it lets anyone connect to it from any source
> and open windows?  

I'd suspect that it's just like the X protocol [unless you're tunneling it
though ssh or some other kind of vpn connection] -- clear and visible on 
the wire.

Open to sniffing.

I have no idea how it's authentication process works, but X's is host/ip
based, so people can spoof the X server to do undesierable stuff.

Doing X between 2 boxes isn't really a good idea unless you have control
of the network -- either secured via ssh/vpn, or it's just a private 
network.  You have to trust the remote box, the network, and everything
attached to it.  It's a rare situation that you can trust everything on
your network (at least once you get past the 'netowrk in my apartment').


k

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