Re: MicroImages MIX X Server

From: Rich Lafferty (richat_private)
Date: Tue Oct 05 1999 - 12:07:24 PDT

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    Quoting Jan Szumiec (jszumiecat_private) from Mon, Oct 04, 1999 at 12:14:4=
    2PM +0200:
    > I don't know whether anyone wrote about this, so here it goes.
    >=20
    > It is possible to bring down the XServer remotely ...
    >=20
    > $ telnet 192.168.1.2 6000
    > Connected to 192.168.1.2
    > Escape character is ^[
    > djkfhgjksdhgjklhgjklsdhgjklehrslhgsd
    > Connection closed by remote host.
    > $
    >=20
    > Basically telneting into port 6000 of the server and typing in random
    > gibberish, brings it down.
    
    I can't reproduce this with MI/X for Macintosh. Same behavior as above
    but the server keeps running fine.
    
      -Rich
    
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