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- From: da188@city.ac.UK
- Subject: Re: X Window Security
- Message-ID: <AA18345.9207311129.Victoria@uk.ac.city>
- Sender: daemon@athena.mit.edu (Mr Background)
- Reply-To: da188@city.ac.uk
- Organization: The Internet
- Date: Fri, 31 Jul 1992 11:29:44 GMT
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- Speaking of security in X - what about the use of the `magic cookie'
- security mechanism as well as the host access facility? We haven't
- used it ourselves, but some sites do. The fact that there hasn't been
- a major 'cracking' (not hacking!) incident is more a testament to the
- good nature of people who use X than anything else ;-)
-
- Aj.
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