Subject: Re: xhost is evil (was: Display here.)
To: <>
From: None <mcmahill@mtl.mit.edu>
List: port-i386
Date: 10/12/1999 13:35:35
On 12 Oct 1999, Johan Danielsson wrote:

> dbsaint@bellsouth.net writes:
> 
> > # xhost +
> > 
> > on your NetBSD machine
> 
> DON'T EVER DO THAT.
> 
> If you do, you completely give up all security, and anyone else can

yes.  I use
xhost machine_name

on machines that sit inside of a corporate firewall, but not ones that
have a clear connection to the net.  

I definately second (or third) the suggestion that you use something like
ssh for connections across the net.

-Dan