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Re: Nasty XFree Xserver DoS - Workaround
From: Cy.Schubert () UUMAIL GOV BC CA (Cy Schubert - ITSD Open Systems Group)
Date: Thu, 25 May 2000 11:16:51 -0700
In message <00052514583801.00175@morpheu>, Fred Silva writes:
We can run the X server with the option "-nolisten tcp" set. This option caus es the X server to not listen connections from any client. To use this option, simply add it to serverargs variable in the /usr/X11/bin/startx script.
... then use Xforward to listen on port 6001 to forward X traffic to the UNIX domain socket the X server listens to. Xforward will pop up a window asking whether you wish to accept the connection or not, allowing you to have your cake and eat it too. Xroute can be coaxed to do this as well. Regards, Phone: (250)387-8437 Cy Schubert Fax: (250)387-5766 Team Leader, Sun/DEC Team Internet: Cy.Schubert () osg gov bc ca Open Systems Group, ITSD, ISTA Province of BC
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