Re: MicroImages MIX X Server

[secureaustin () CONSULTANT COM (H D Moore)]

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 --

-HD

Jim Frost wrote:
> Jan Szumiec wrote:
> > I don't know whether anyone wrote about this, so here it goes.
> >
> > It is possible to bring down the XServer remotely ...
> >
> > $ telnet 192.168.1.2 6000
> > Connected to 192.168.1.2
> > Escape character is ^[
> > djkfhgjksdhgjklhgjklsdhgjklehrslhgsd
> > Connection closed by remote host.
> > $
> >
> > Basically telneting into port 6000 of the server and typing in random
> > gibberish, brings it down.
>
> Is the server xhost + or not?  Might make a difference.
>
> jim