Re: X server in a Firewall

[John M <idm.john () yahoo com>]

> Are you trying to say that a dumb idea is less
> dumb if it's a FORTUNE 500's dumb idea? 

I just mean a complex network. A Fortune 500 has a
more complex network than ACME Corporation and a
Fortune 100 has a more complex network than a Fortune
500 and surely Bush has a more complex network than a
Fortune 100, so to process all that Google logs...


> You know what? I think remote GUI administration
> using
> a bloated bucket of crap like X windows is a dumb
> idea
> no matter whose it is.

But what do you think about a _local_ GUI
administration (via X window) in a firewall?

My question was: what is better (or worse), taking in
account the GUI requeriment: a local X window server
running in the firewall, to be managed localy(that is,
no remote access)  or a web server, ssh based system
or another port based in a proprietary protocol, to be
managed remotely? 

Or rephrasing the question: which is riskier? 

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