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RE: [SLE] X-sessions
- From: <sboyce@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 14 Jul 2004 02:35:25 +0100
- Message-id: <038AC98A11297249A31419A98EFD915A03AFD220@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
-----Original Message-----
From: Alexandr Malusek [mailto:Alexandr.Malusek@xxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Tue 7/13/2004 5:18 PM
To: suse-linux-e@xxxxxxxx
Cc:
Subject: Re: [SLE] X-sessions
Sid Boyce <sboyce@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> In another thread currently running on this group, some say XDMCP is
> insecure and ssh -X is preferred, however, all I've read in my time
> emphasises that the protocol is secure
XDMCP doesn't care about encryption and so everything you type (web
passwords, ...) travel unencrypted over the network. I hope this will
be addressed by X developers soon.
--
A.M.
It's a pity this wasn't tackled before. Hopefully the X.org guys will see to it.
Regards
Sid.
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