three X.org 6.9.0 lame security questions

[Auke Kok]

Zbigniew Luszpinski wrote:
> Hi!
> 
> I run X with -nolisten tcp parameter to stop X from listening.
> This option indeed closed 6000/tcp X11 port but opened instead 37435/tcp port 
> and keep listening. I tried also remove X magic cookie for tcp/ip proto and 
> use unix socks but tcp/ip comes back with every startx. Unix socks are 
> working well and make some small X performance boost but tcp/ip cookie is 
> still created after lanuching startx. It can be removed after X finishes 
> loading but it is boring to remove it everytime. Sorry for asking but my 
> googles are blind and man can't help.
> 
> My questions:
> 1. How to make X really stop listening?
> 2. How to prevent xauth from making tcp/ip magic cookie? It creates 
> new .Xauthority file on every startx
> 3. Where xhost keeps its host records? man xhost tells me it is /etc/X*.hosts 
> but in lunar there is no such file.

these questions are better off asked where people know the answer: 
freedesktop.org. I personally don't even know the answer to this and I doubt 
you can get a welinformed answer to these questions ;^)

Cheers,

Auke