Re: Firewall rule for X11 usage
Re: Firewall rule for X11 usage
- Subject: Re: Firewall rule for X11 usage
- From: Justin Walker <email@hidden>
- Date: Wed, 15 Jan 2003 14:47:13 -0800
On Wednesday, Jan 15, 2003, at 14:28 US/Pacific, Sean Ahern wrote:
Lennart Broekhof wrote:
What would be a good firewall rule on the Mac, so you can use x11
without
having to switch off the firewall ?
If X11.app is like every other X server around, it listens by default
on
port 6000 for display :0. If you open up port 6000, you should be
fine.
This works, of course, but pundits will be quick to point out that it's
low on the security scale. A better scheme, if it works for you, is to
use "X forwarding", via ssh. Cf the ssh man page for details.
Regards,
Justin
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