Re: bug in xauth
Re: bug in xauth
- Subject: Re: bug in xauth
- From: "Cook, Rich" <email@hidden>
- Date: Fri, 24 Aug 2012 16:23:41 +0000
- Thread-topic: bug in xauth
On Aug 24, 2012, at 9:18 AM, Brandon Allbery wrote:
On Fri, Aug 24, 2012 at 12:15 PM, Cook, Rich <email@hidden> wrote:
I want to run X11 applications as root.
As a sometime security person, that's a *really scary* idea.
Very good point, thanks!!! Unless your X server does not accept connections over the network, or there are other mitigations in place! X11 == "security hole" it's true.
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