[ubuntu-hardened] Securing access to the X Server.

[Seth Arnold]

On Thu, Oct 20, 2016 at 12:42:16PM +0200, daniel curtis wrote:
> I'm just wondering if it is not true, that since pretty long time, this
> option is used by other Linux Distributions? It's just my thinking and is
> not related with this subject ("Securing access to the X Server"). Nothing
> more, nothing less.

Correct, ssh X11 forwarding has been the preferred way to run clients and
servers on different computers for a long time. I haven't seen an X11
server listening on TCP for well over a decade, probably longer.

> So, if Ubuntu 12.04 uses gnome-screensaver by default, not XScreenServer
> then editing /etc/X11/app-defaults/XScreenSaver file is not necessary,
> right?

Correct.

Thanks
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