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Date:      Fri, 26 Oct 2001 17:24:44 +0300
From:      Peter Pentchev <roam@ringlet.net>
To:        Jochem Kossen <j.kossen@home.nl>
Cc:        ports@FreeBSD.ORG, jmz@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: x11/XFree86-4: patch to make XFree86-4 a _little_ bit more secure
Message-ID:  <20011026172444.F33751@straylight.oblivion.bg>
In-Reply-To: <20011026155354.A44808@jochem.dyndns.org>; from j.kossen@home.nl on Fri, Oct 26, 2001 at 03:53:55PM %2B0200
References:  <20011026155354.A44808@jochem.dyndns.org>

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On Fri, Oct 26, 2001 at 03:53:55PM +0200, Jochem Kossen wrote:
> Hi there,
> 
> I always hate the fact that when i start X, port 6000 is listening.
> Attached file patches startx to use X with the '-nolisten tcp' option.
> My idea behind this is that most people who use X don't need the network
> options of it, those who do, are wise enough to change it in `which
> startx`...
> Secure by default? :)
> 
> I haven't made a PR of this since it's not really a bug, i could do that
> if people want that...
> 
> Save the file to something like
> /usr/ports/x11/XFree86-4/files/patch-startx and it should work

I like this idea.

G'luck,
Peter

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