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Date:      Fri, 26 May 2000 11:41:16 +0300
From:      Boris Karnaukh <bk532@iname.com>
To:        BD <bdeless@efn.org>
Cc:        freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Web Server and Xwindows
Message-ID:  <392E38AC.5A665E69@iname.com>
References:  <Pine.GSU.4.05.10005231520330.23893-100000@garcia.efn.org>

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BD wrote:
> 
> I've never used or installed IPSEC although I'm aware that is part of
> 4.0(?). Since I will only use X localy is this still necessary? I had
> planned to use ipfw to block X at the interface. I am completly ignorant
> when it comes to securing X (that's why I've never used it before).
> 

You can simply run X server with -nolisten tcp option. For example:

startx -- -nolisten tcp

All your X servers will use for communication unix sockets but not tcp.

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<Signed>
Boris Karnaukh 	(mailto:bk532@iname.com)


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