On Wed, Oct 25, 2000 at 06:52:05PM +1100, chesty wrote:
>
> XTerminal Firewall --- XServer
>
> ie XTerminal displays the screens, XServer runs the apps and
> the firewall blocks all forwarding. I want to run an X proxy
> on the firewall that forwards packets between the XTermina
>the terms "server" and "client" are sort of the wrong way around in
>X.
>
>the X server is where the displaying is happening. X clients connect
>to this to display stuff. so the terminal in front of the user is
>actually the X *server*.
It seems that way but it only seems the wrong way around if
> the terms "server" and "client" are sort of the wrong way around in
> X.
>
> the X server is where the displaying is happening. X clients connect
> to this to display stuff. so the terminal in front of the user is
> actually the X *server*.
Very important point!. (from a firewall point of view