On Saturday 22 November 2003 6:59 am, Ken Schneider wrote:

Either use xhost + or xhost +(name-of-other-computer) without the paren's

Next connect to the remote computer using either telnet (bad) or ssh (good).

Set the DISPLAY= to (your_computer-name):0 without the paren's

Finally run the program.

Ken Schneider

Why do it insecurely via xhost? Are you assuming that this is a trusted LAN environment with no bad people around? Wouldn't it be better to use a VNC or equivalent to maintain security all the time? My understanding is that xhost opens up X to hacking. But then again if I could make a living out of being wrong I would have been a meteorologist... Stan

-----Original Message----- From: Alexandr Malusek To: suse-linux-e@suse.com Date: 23 Nov 2003 16:42:17 +0100 Subject: Re: [SLE] Starting a gui software remotely

Stan Glasoe writes:

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On Saturday 22 November 2003 6:59 am, Ken Schneider wrote:

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Either use xhost + or xhost +(name-of-other-computer) without the paren's

Next connect to the remote computer using either telnet (bad) or ssh (good).

Set the DISPLAY= to (your_computer-name):0 without the paren's

Finally run the program.

Ken Schneider

Why do it insecurely via xhost?

Some people will never accept that some methods are insecure and shouldn't be used. You can repeat the sentence "Don't use xhost, use ssh -X instead" forever but it has no effect on them ;-).

-- A.M.

Depends on how paranoid you are and where you use it. If you are on your home network who is it that you don't trust? It all depends on your environment. YES you DO NOT use this method in an untrusted network. Ken Schneider

-----Original Message----- From: Alexandr Malusek To: suse-linux-e@suse.com Date: 23 Nov 2003 20:12:35 +0100 Subject: Re: [SLE] Starting a gui software remotely

Ken Schneider writes:

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Depends on how paranoid you are and where you use it. If you are on your home network who is it that you don't trust?

Children are the most dangerous computer users that have ever existed. Adults have been warned not to run software they don't trust but children don't care, it's part of their game. In other words, if you want to make a career as a computer hacker then start with web pages for young children.

Then those children were not brought up very well and the fault lies with the parent. Ken Schneider