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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

It’s more about security if I recall correctly

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

How so? Is there a way for malicious code to start injecting itself into calls to 127.0.0.1?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Sorry, I am not an expert myself, but I think there are some recourses about that in the internet

Or, this file on x.org:

“But the X protocol is still unsecure by design…”

https://www.x.org/wiki/Events/XDC2014/XDC2014DodierPeresSecurity/xorg-talk.pdf

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

Yeah, to send it naked over the wire would be nuts, which is why everybody uses SSH. But unless there’s insecurity within the computer, that’s a moot point.