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Article #495Re: Window watching programs
From: Doug Rosenthal
Date: Mon, 09 Nov 1992 16:31
Date: Mon, 09 Nov 1992 16:31
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> > Scott> I have recently come across a program on the net that will allow > Scott> a user to continuously monitor a window (including the root > Scott> window) on another machine. The disturbing part of it is that > Scott> you seem to be able to do this to any machine without even > Scott> having an account on it or having to set up permission to do so > Scott> with xhost. Is there a way to protect a machine from people > Scott> using such programs? If so, how? > > Note that just using xhost/xauth won't do it all, if you're on a Sun. > You also need to set up /etc/fbtab (see fbtab(5)) so that raw access to > the frame buffer is blocked out. Will use of the xterm "secure keyboard" option take care of the situation Scott describes, at least for a given window? -- Doug Rosenthal MCC EINet | email: rosenthal@mcc.com 3500 W. Balcones Center Dr. | phone: 512-338-3515 Austin, TX USA 78759 | fax: 512-338-3897
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Newsgroups: comp.security.misc Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!ferkel.ucsb.edu!taco!gatech!rpi!think.com!ames!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!swrinde!news.dell.com!milano!faith.mcc.com!rosenthl From: rosenthl@faith.mcc.com (Doug Rosenthal) Subject: Re: Window watching programs Message-ID: <1992Nov9.163127.1687@mcc.com> Sender: news@mcc.com Nntp-Posting-Host: faith.mcc.com Organization: MCC References: <alt.security_720884532@aber.ac.uk> <Bx77D0.1In@cs.dal.ca> <CKD.92Nov4141022@loiosh.eff.org> Distribution: na Date: Mon, 9 Nov 1992 16:31:27 GMT Lines: 21