Subject: How to set up secure XDM ?
To: None <port-mac68k@NetBSD.org>
From: Kazuyuki Inanaga <happyday@pp.iij4u.or.jp>
List: port-mac68k
Date: 11/27/2006 03:36:33
Hello.

My IIci has 250MB HDD, it's not big enough to install and run
X window system. So, I'm preparing;

1) mount /usr and swap with nfs
2) use xdm

With some tests (learning NetBSD is fun), it seems work fine.
I worry about "Security".
Can an attacker snoop those data traffic ?  Maybe "YES", I guess.

My idea is:
There is no important data in 1), I don't need to worry about that.
Set and run SSH for xdm (ssh X11 port forwarding).

Does this make a sense ? Any hint or advice is appreciated.
(I read some man-pages with my poor English, I got headaches.)

Thanks,
Kazu Inanaga