9 May
2003
9 May
'03
18:37
On Friday 09 May 2003 20:33, John LeMay wrote:
Please do not use xhost! It is completely insecure and defeats the purpose of using sux or kdesu
Maybe so, and sux is a better solution, but truth is I've been using xhost for the past six or seven years and it works for me. I am in a secured environment however - firewalls, limited physical access, etc. Don't want anyone to think using xhost will break anything. Never has here!
No it won't break anything, and neither will using telnet when communicating between machines. If you're in a 100% trusted environment you can get away with lots of things. But that doesn't mean I'd advocate using telnet above ssh, and call it the "proper procedure"