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Make 'xhost +' work in iTerm
Authored by: SOX on Jun 27, '05 01:40:30PM

using xhost + is generally a bad idea since it opens security holes. if you dont open any ports on your firewall then these holes are confined to local attacks only (and if you are the only local user then your fine). If you do open ports or have no firewall then remote attacks can happen.

Generally speaking xhost + is seldom needed.
instead consider ssh -Y or ssh -X
or if you must use xhost then at least specify the host name explicitly



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