Gentoo Archives: gentoo-user

From:	Jerry Turba <jturba@×××××××.com>
To:	gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject:	Re: [gentoo-user] advice on security and keyloggers
Date:	Sun, 11 Dec 2005 15:24:23
Message-Id:	`439C42F9.5020804@nethere.com`
In Reply to:	Re: [gentoo-user] advice on security and keyloggers by Richard Fish

1	Richard Fish wrote:
2
3	>On 12/9/05, Jerry Turba <jturba@×××××××.com> wrote:
4	>
5	>
6	>>Should I be safe if I keep up on updates and the glsa?
7	>>
8	>>
9	>
10	>As long as your X configuration is reasonably secure, yes. But if you
11	>do something silly like run "xhost +", then any remote user can
12	>connect to your X server with xev and log keystrokes.
13	>
14	>Generally though if you stick with the default configuration, keep
15	>current with security updates, and avoid running services you don't
16	>need, you have nothing to worry about.
17	>
18	>-Richard
19	>
20	>
21	>
22	Thanks Dale and Richard for the info.
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