Re: MicroImages MIX X Server

[strombrg () NIS ACS UCI EDU (Dan Stromberg)]

Rich Lafferty wrote:
> Quoting H D Moore (secureaustin () CONSULTANT COM) from Wed, Oct 06, 1999 at 12:50:28PM -0500:
> > The last version of MIX X Server I used did not have any authentication
> > to speak of (so xhost, xauth, etc).  It not only crashed when I sent
> > garbage to it's tcp port, but tended to randomly crash the X
> > applications running on them.   Just my .02 --
>
> That must have been a while ago. Both the Windows and MacOS versions of
> MI/X from 1997 have host-based authentication.
>
>   -Rich

If so, their FAQ needs to be updated:

35.Q: Does MI/X support xauth, or is there some other means of limiting
what users can use it or what applications they can open?

         A: No.