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From: tek@CS.UCLA.EDU
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: X security
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Date: 22 Nov 88 20:00:16 GMT
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Fix 2 highlights a small facet of the larger problem of authentication
in a distributed environment. Many X servers only use the host list
restriction as their only access control mechanism. However, I have
heard that MIT Project Athena uses a much more sophisticated system to
regulate access. 

Where can we get more information about these tools?
Are these tools available to others now? or in the future?
How much surgery is necesary to adapt the X server (or similar programs)
	to use such tools?



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