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Date:      Sat, 26 Feb 2000 16:18:36 +0300
From:      "A. Rakukin" <rakukin@mail.ru>
To:        "tom brown" <tomb@cgf.net>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re[2]: X authorization
Message-ID:  <E12Oh7E-000CVz-00@f4.mail.ru>
In-Reply-To: <38B5EAC2.5063CC6@cgf.net>

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-----Original Message-----
From: tom brown <tomb@cgf.net>
To: "A. Rakukin" <rakukin@mail.ru>
Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2000 18:36:50 -0800
Subject: Re: X authorization

> "A. Rakukin" wrote:
> 
> > Hi to all,
> >
> > Would be grateful for help or explanation. I used to think that by default
> > nobody can run anything on my display. But now I revealed that it is enough
> > to export DISPLAY on remote host to access my xserver. 'xhost' on the server
> > (that has been accessed) says that
> >
> > access control enabled, only authorized clients can connect
> >
> > and nothing more. What is the possible source of the problem?
> > I have not customized any authorization mechanisms...
> > I run FreeBSD 3.4.
> >
> > Thank you,
> > Alex
> >
> > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org
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> 
> If you are realy bothered by this you could apply IPFW filters to ports between
> 6000-6100 to prevent any connection to the X system.
> 
> I think that there is also a kerberos token based scheme of athentication.
> I've never used it but details are at :
> http://www.xfree86.org
> 
> 
> If you want to know more about the vunerabilites of X:
> http://packetstorm.securify.com/opensec-exploits/exploits/netapps/x-win/
> 
> Tom
> 
> Tom
> 
> 
> 

Thank you for links! But I think unauthorized access must be disabled earlier.
I would not like to install any filters and also kerberos, just to make system work as it should...

Tanks,
Alex


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