Re: MicroImages MIX X Server

From: Jim Frost (jimfat_private)
Date: Tue Oct 05 1999 - 11:23:22 PDT

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Jan Szumiec wrote:
> I don't know whether anyone wrote about this, so here it goes.
>
> It is possible to bring down the XServer remotely ...
>
> $ telnet 192.168.1.2 6000
> Connected to 192.168.1.2
> Escape character is ^[
> djkfhgjksdhgjklhgjklsdhgjklehrslhgsd
> Connection closed by remote host.
> $
>
> Basically telneting into port 6000 of the server and typing in random
> gibberish, brings it down.

Is the server xhost + or not?  Might make a difference.

jim

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