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Re: [SLE] Correct way to update programs?
- From: Anders Johansson <andjoh@xxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 11 Feb 2006 03:34:11 +0100
- Message-id: <200602110334.11190.andjoh@xxxxxxxxxx>
On Friday 10 February 2006 05:55, Randall R Schulz wrote:
> Using "xhost +local:" is fairly safe, especially for a personal
> computer.
Only if you totally trust everything running on your machine. If a program can
connect to your X server, it can sniff your keyboard. Do you want a hacker
getting in through a hole in a service as user nobody to be able to sniff
your passwords?
> Using "xhost +local:" is fairly safe, especially for a personal
> computer.
Only if you totally trust everything running on your machine. If a program can
connect to your X server, it can sniff your keyboard. Do you want a hacker
getting in through a hole in a service as user nobody to be able to sniff
your passwords?
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