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From: Richard Fish <bigfish@××××××××××.org>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] advice on security and keyloggers
Date: Sat, 10 Dec 2005 18:28:52
Message-Id: 7573e9640512101017h471241d8r180a489d76d47bbe@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] advice on security and keyloggers by Jerry Turba
1 On 12/9/05, Jerry Turba <jturba@×××××××.com> wrote:
2 > Should I be safe if I keep up on updates and the glsa?
3
4 As long as your X configuration is reasonably secure, yes. But if you
5 do something silly like run "xhost +", then any remote user can
6 connect to your X server with xev and log keystrokes.
7
8 Generally though if you stick with the default configuration, keep
9 current with security updates, and avoid running services you don't
10 need, you have nothing to worry about.
11
12 -Richard
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