[Techtalk] Security Issue:disallowing external access to X windows

[Julie]

Jeff Dike wrote:
> 
> jockgrrl at austin.rr.com said:
> > ... unless the person knows how to use the "ftp" or "cp" commands. In
> > which case they just bring their own binaries with them.
> 
> Yeah, good point.
> 
> > My ipchains rule firewalls ports 6000 thru some other number (which is
> > bigger than need be) on my external, cable-modem connected, interface.
> 
> Are they firewalling local access to ports 6000 and up?  Because an ssh tunnel
> accesses them locally, and pipes them across to port 22 on the remote system.

I firewall sshd ;-)  And there is no "they", it's "me", thus "my
ipchains rule".

I assumed the original poster was asking how she could keep someone
outside her machine from attaching to her X server.  I may have
been wrong ...
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