On Mon, Sep 18, 2000 at 08:14:36PM -0700, Nate Amsden wrote: > quite possible it is something else, i have blocked port 6000 on many > machines and have ont had much problems, also i believe(and seeing the > error makes me believe more) that X uses unix sockets to communicate > making it (as far as running X on a local machine) immune to ipchains > rules.
So would it make use of TCP sockets for remote communication? As in running a program remotely and directing the display to your local X server? Mike -- Michael P. Soulier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> "...the word HACK is used as a verb to indicate a massive amount of nerd-like effort." -Harley Hahn, A Student's Guide to UNIX