> > The normal X remote protocol has > > all of the authentication problems described above PLUS it happens in > > clear text on the network, which means you can watch the network from > > some other system with something like Der Mouse's "X Connection > > Monitor" and passively sniff everything that's going on between the > > two machines. > > I never heard of Der Mouse's X Connection Monitor. Would it be a > useful debugging tool if I were trying to debug the interaction > between an X client and server?
To be honest, I haven't used Der Mouse's tool much myself. It was demonstrated to me as a way of "sniffing" say a remote xterm session. So I doubt it would be much good for what you suggest, since it probably assumes a well-formed sequence of X events that it can monitor. Guess you'll have to keep using that hex output from tcpdump... :-) -- Hal Pomeranz, Founder/CEO Deer Run Associates [EMAIL PROTECTED] Network Connectivity and Security, Systems Management, Training _______________________________________________ EuG-LUG mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mailman.efn.org/cgi-bin/listinfo/eug-lug