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> X11 networking is "hackish and awkward and filled with issues It doesn’t just allow random people to pop up a window on your display and annoy you. It allows

> X11 networking is "hackish and awkward and filled with issues It doesn’t just allow random people to pop up a window on your display and annoy you. It allows them to see everything you do and everything you type and control your applications without you seeing it. It’s not that it’s awkward and has some issues. It’s a security hole by design and that’s what makes it unusable. And that is aside from the security risks posed to the client by an untrusted server (and all the other untrusted clients connected to it) and to the server by an untrusted client. I’m not sure though what the problem is with X through SSH, it’s 99% transparent, the biggest issue is that, if you ssh to an untrusted server, you allow that server to connect to your X server and see what you are doing and what you type and control all your applications.

pjmlp 5y ago
> It doesn’t just allow random people to pop up a window on your display and annoy you. Oh, the joy of being an university student with time to spare on a lab of cluessles people about the mighty powers of xhost -.
- DonHopkins 5y ago
  Tell them to type "xhost +" to make their windows go faster! ;)
  - ratsmack 5y ago
    And then pop up a copy of xeyes on their screen.
    - pjmlp 5y ago
      Actually it was mostly xv with interesting content.
- JackFr 5y ago
  > Oh, the joy of being an university student with time to spare on a lab of cluessles people about the mighty powers of xhost -. Or a large investment bank in NYC with Suns on everyone’s desk. Trading floors are hotbeds of middle school behavior. NSFW pics popping up on your screen randomly. Screenshots of shared with the entire office. Ahhhh, those were the days.