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Fix Apple's X11 to allow remote use of Mac X11 apps
Authored by: ducasi on Sep 15, '03 01:15:11PM

This hint and the article it references is mistaken in their implication that there is anything "broken" about Apple's X11.

Apple's X11 is configured exactly the same way as every other X server out there and allows properly authenticated X clients to connect to it.

The problem is authentication. Ssh has a nice facility to help you copy the authentication tokens to remote machines as you connect to them. There are other ways to do this, including a script I used to hack on called "rxx". Ssh, as it's its nature, makes this more secure. Ssh also secures the X connection back to the server.

X11 isn't known for its high level of security. Ssh fills in the gaps, but isn't a necessary component of X11, and as such just because Apple doesn't configure ssh to work with X11, this doesn't mean Apple's X11 is "broken".

Just wanted to clear this point up. If you want to know more about X authentication, try googling for "xauth".

Cheers!



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