On Thu, 17 Mar 2005 13:28:27 -0800 "Karsten M. Self" <kmself@ix.netcom.com> wrote: > on Wed, Mar 16, 2005 at 10:42:41PM -0800, Mark K. Kim > ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > $xhost + > > BAD MARK. NO DONUT. OR COOKIE. > > Please do NOT suggest people try this, particularly... > > > *but* this will work only if your local computer is connected > > directly to the Internet. > > ...on live Internet connections. > > > Fortunately, most modern X servers toss a few additional roadbumps in > front of idiots trying to attempt this. I'm not going to detail these > here, and would appreciate if nobody else does. The act of Googling > for the workarounds is itself an exercise which might educate same as > to why this is a blatently *STUPID* idea and grossly incompetent > advice.
What sort of roadblocks? (Besides the NAT router sitting between me and the open internet). --Ken Bloom -- I usually have a GPG digital signature included as an attachment. See http://www.gnupg.org/ for info about these digital signatures.
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