Re: Launch X11 upon remote connect?
Re: Launch X11 upon remote connect?
- Subject: Re: Launch X11 upon remote connect?
- From: Bill Janssen <email@hidden>
- Date: Tue, 10 Jun 2008 16:47:53 PDT
- Comments: In-reply-to Jay Levitt <email@hidden> message dated "Tue, 10 Jun 2008 13:24:12 -0700."
> Jeremy Huddleston wrote:
> > I would say that yes it is possible, and no I don't want to support it.
> > The old-style X over TCP/IP is not very secure. Use ssh with X11
> > forwarding, and your X11 will startup for you on demand.
>
> A plea for reconsideration:
Me, too. If you're going to automatically start the X server, let's
do it for the various ways we can connect to it. Not every environment
needs SSH tunnelling; lots of X11 connections go over private networks
that are secure already.
Bill
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