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From: dwm@ihlpf.ATT.COM (Meeks)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Re: X11R3 security hole needs attention
Message-ID: <8017@ihlpf.ATT.COM>
Date: 21 Mar 89 17:20:22 GMT
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> and rape and pillage as much as they like.
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While this is true, you can always NOT allow them to login on your
system by removing their passwd entry. Thus, you have a security 
measure. Why you can even lock your machine up in a vault and work out
of it and get a pretty good level of security.

Basically, my opinion, is that security belongs with the workstation
level and not with the windowing system level. Even if the window
system had some kind of security, if your frame buffer was open to the
world, you would be too!

cheers, --dwm