The last version of MIX X Server I used did not have any authentication to speak of (so xhost, xauth, etc). It not only crashed when I sent garbage to it's tcp port, but tended to randomly crash the X applications running on them. Just my .02 -- -HD Jim Frost wrote: > > 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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